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UFC Fight Night 19 could take place Sept. 16 in Oklahoma City
by MMAjunkie.com Staff on May 13, 2009 at 4:15 pm ET
Planning is underway for the Ultimate Fighting Championship to host its next UFC Fight Night installment in September, likely in Oklahoma City.

The event, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 16, would apparently serve as a lead-in for the debut episode of "The Ultimate Fighter 10" on Spike TV.

Sources close to the event and the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission recently told MMAjunkie.com (UFC blog for UFC news, UFC rumors, fighter interviews and event previews/recaps | MMAjunkie.com) of the tentative plans.

However, the UFC and Spike TV have made no formal announcements, and the event details are far from being set in stone.

If the event does take place, though, it'll mark the UFC's first trip to Oklahoma in nearly 15 years. The Sooner State has hosted just one UFC event to date. That show, UFC 4, took place in December 1994 at the Expo Square Pavilion in Tulsa. The event featured an eight-man open-weight tournament, which was won by eventual UFC hall-of-famer Royce Gracie.

UFC Fight Night 19 would also continue the UFC's recent trend of testing new markets with the UFC Fight Night event series. Although the Spike TV-televised shows were once relegated to venues in Las Vegas, the UFC has recently ventured to cities in Colorado, Nebraska, Florida and Tennessee for the event series.

Oklahoma City, the capital and largest city in Oklahoma, is home to approximately 550,000 residents. The city boasts a number of suitable venues, including the Ford Center (20,000 capacity), the Cox Convention Center (15,000 capacity) and Oklahoma State University's historic Gallagher-Iba Arena (14,000 capacity).

The UFC had reportedly considered hosting an UFC Fight Night 19 event in August. However, the plans may have been scrapped when traditional pay-per-view events were scheduled for Aug. 8 in Philadelphia and Aug. 29 in Portland, Ore.
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[fromdust]

gallagher-iba isnt in okc. silly author......

[AFCM]

gallagher-iba isnt in okc. silly author......

I've often noticed how the OKC Chamber of Commerce will list Stillwater as an Oklahoma City Metro suburb. It's a long shot, but I can only hope that's the reason for the inclusion.