The upcoming season of “The Ultimate Fighter” features welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre coaching opposite top contender Josh Koscheck with the two scheduled to meet in the Octagon following the series. The build-up could create some of the most interesting storylines of any championship bout in UFC history.
With the UFC’s announcement on Tuesday that they are planting a flag in the city of Toronto, opening a Canadian office in a province that still doesn’t sanction mixed martial arts, sends a clear message that they are committed to getting the job done in Toronto.
UFC president Dana White admits that he’d love to put the title fight between St. Pierre and Koscheck in Toronto, but says that having it in Koscheck’s hometown is also a possibility.
“We want to do that fight here,” White said about Toronto. “We could do Pittsburgh too though, but we’d like to do it here.”
Before any fight can be scheduled in Toronto the sport still needs to be sanctioned in Ontario. It’s a process that White has been dealing with for years.
“I’ve been saying we were close (to getting Toronto sanctioning) for two years,” White said. “As close as I thought we were before, who knows? I don’t know what that means. We’re here, we’re hammering it, it’s not one of those things like we have to get this done this year. We eventually have to get it done.”
Regardless of location, the St. Pierre-Koscheck fight could be built up to be one of the biggest title fights in UFC history.
