http://www.tatame.com.br/segundo-jornal-ufc-ja-tem-agendado-sete-eventos-no-brasil-em-2014/
Feb 15th
Marth 23rd
May 31st
Sept 13th
Oct 25th
Nov 8th
Dec 20th
All saturday night events except for march 23rd which is a test to see how a sunday event would do. No planned events yet during the world cup. And may 31st is usually the memorial day weekend ppv in vegas. That's going to be the tuf finale (wand vs chael).... if you place weidman vs vitor on that card as well it could be a stadium show.
Too many 
Sweet!!
Marth is gonna be a crazy month
I think the original plan was for Vitor vs Weidman to be on the 31st but my guess is Weidman doesn't want to go to Brazil due to the TRT issue. Would be cool if it is in Brazil though on the 31st and they add in Werdum vs Browne.
I wonder if the UFC truly have their ear to the ground in Brazil. In order to do well ticket wise they will need to bring over some top talent because the usual line up is becomming stale and starting to bore some fans. Take into account that there have been some lackluster matchups/bad decisions like Machida vs Davis, Maia vs Shields, Aldo vs KZ (the injury) last year its easy to imagine that fans will need to see something bigger and better this year. The big driving force for 2013 in Brazil was Vitor Belfort, he kept that market afloat and then some. If he is not around it will be difficult to push 7 brazilian cards with gret success.
Would be fucking stupid to do an event there while the World Cup is on.
And I can safely say I will watch very little of these cards.
Ten eight round - Yay more asshole soccer hooligans!I think you mean passionate fans
If they put wand vs chael and weidman vs belfort on the same card in brazil that would be amazing.
It would sell 100,000 tickets and 1 million ppvs easy.
Zuffa make it happen
If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much - I think the original plan was for Vitor vs Weidman to be on the 31st but my guess is Weidman doesn't want to go to Brazil due to the TRT issue. Would be cool if it is in Brazil though on the 31st and they add in Werdum vs Browne.
Dutch I believe there's more at play here... I agree that weidman is against it but I dont think Zuffa gives a shit about that. This is all about site fees. When Zuffa wants vegas to pay up they say the fight is happening in brazil... when they want brazil to pay up they say the fight is happening in vegas. Brazilian politicians got shit on when it came out that they paid zuffa 1m to host a UFC fight night. Chael vs Anderson 2 was supposed to be in brazil until vegas stepped up it's site fees. Im sure Zuffa would have no problem doing weidman vs vitor in brazil if they ponied up.
It may very well end up in vegas... but i doubt it will have anything to do with what weidman wants.
RKing85 - Would be fucking stupid to do an event there while the World Cup is on.
And I can safely say I will watch very little of these cards.
What didg vegas pay as a site fee for silva vs sonnen2? I thought they switched it because of a UN conference? Unless that was just an excuse.
Bring more events to australia ffs.
teamquestnorth - What didg vegas pay as a site fee for silva vs sonnen2? I thought they switched it because of a UN conference? Unless that was just an excuse.
im still waiting for my apology thread...
MMALOGIC -Maybe in 1 month and 3 weeks from nowteamquestnorth - What didg vegas pay as a site fee for silva vs sonnen2? I thought they switched it because of a UN conference? Unless that was just an excuse.
im still waiting for my apology thread...
Joemacka - Bring more events to australia ffs.
Interest levels for the UFC in Australia has matched that of the United States which is huge considered Australia has around 1/10th the population.
Zuffa needs to be doing a minimum of 4 events a year in Australia to serve that market.
irishrottie -
I wonder if the UFC truly have their ear to the ground in Brazil. In order to do well ticket wise they will need to bring over some top talent because the usual line up is becomming stale and starting to bore some fans. Take into account that there have been some lackluster matchups/bad decisions like Machida vs Davis, Maia vs Shields, Aldo vs KZ (the injury) last year its easy to imagine that fans will need to see something bigger and better this year. The big driving force for 2013 in Brazil was Vitor Belfort, he kept that market afloat and then some. If he is not around it will be difficult to push 7 brazilian cards with gret success.
the UFC will beat the dead horse for every dollar it can, then say "we're not mainstream here" instead of what you suggest
Memorial Day is the 26th this year vegas should still have an event.
MMALOGIC -If it ain't Dutch, it ain't much - I think the original plan was for Vitor vs Weidman to be on the 31st but my guess is Weidman doesn't want to go to Brazil due to the TRT issue. Would be cool if it is in Brazil though on the 31st and they add in Werdum vs Browne.
Dutch I believe there's more at play here... I agree that weidman is against it but I dont think Zuffa gives a shit about that. This is all about site fees. When Zuffa wants vegas to pay up they say the fight is happening in brazil... when they want brazil to pay up they say the fight is happening in vegas. Brazilian politicians got shit on when it came out that they paid zuffa 1m to host a UFC fight night. Chael vs Anderson 2 was supposed to be in brazil until vegas stepped up it's site fees. Im sure Zuffa would have no problem doing weidman vs vitor in brazil if they ponied up.
It may very well end up in vegas... but i doubt it will have anything to do with what weidman wants.
^ Casinos dont get anything from the tickets... they pay a site fee just to get the traffic for gaming,leisure, etc...
Pacman boxing fights were pulling around 10m dollar gates and they would get an additional 20m plus in site fees...UFC 168 pulled a 6m dollar gate... so yeah... Zuffa gets alot more than a million dollars for a card like 168 (likely around 8 to 10 million in addition to the 6m gate). but the million Zuffa got from brazil was just for a fight night in a smaller jurisdiction. Zuffa will expect alot more than a million from a major market like Rio or Sao Paulo.
Vegas almost always gets the fights because nobody else can compete for them. Vegas will pay a premium for cards that are hiigher priced (ufc 168 and even more for boxing) because that attracts the higher rollers.... a card like ufc 170 (rousy vs carmouche) probably gets Zuffa around 1.5m to 2m from the MGM in site fees in addition to the gate.
but as MMAHAWK stated above may 31st isnt memorial day weekend. Wand vs Chael could still just be a fight night and zuffa could still have a ppv on may 26th in vegas featuring Vitor vs Weidman.
As far as the AEG arena... yes. That arena is actually a disguised casino. There will be gaming all over the place throughout the arena.