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UFC set for Nottingham, England on 29th September

By on May 27, 2012

The UFC’s next appearance on British soil will take place September 29 in Nottingham.

Numerous sources have confirmed the booking to Fighters Only and the organisation is currently attending to the logistics of bringing the show to Nottingham.

That includes booking hotel rooms for its fighters, support staff and backroom employees – one UFC event works out around 600 hotel nights, according to one source.

No names are confirmed for the card as yet but there have been several fighters pencilled in for the September 29 date, which takes place at the 10,000 capacity Capital FM Arena.

Among them are Jorgen Kruth and Cyril Diabate, who were supposed to have thrown down at the recent UFC Sweden event. The meeting was scotched when Kruth suffered an injury in training.

Numerous British fighters can also be expected to appear. Look out for the likes John Maguire and Paul Taylor to be offered spots on the card.

The staging of the event in Nottingham does make for an interesting possibly – Paul ‘Semtex’ Daley is a Nottingham man and a huge ticket seller; if there was ever a time for him to inveigle his way back into the UFC, September 29 would be the one

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