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Dana White Says The Ultimate Fighter To Start International Franchise In 2011

- White talks selling tickets in the down economy and says people still need to be entertained.

- White also says the winner of B.J. Penn vs. Jon Fitch is "the number one guy" for the welterweight title.

- In terms of the “next” Toronto show, White says he’s not sure. He says he’s not sure how high the ceiling is.

- White says there won’t be a bad seat in the entire Rogers Centre, although there have to be some concerns

- BJ Penn congratulates White on selling out UFC 129.

- In terms of the ceiling on how high they could’ve gone, they aren’t sure.

- In terms of creating a show that is every year the biggest show of the year, and Dana reiterates that with the right fit “who knows” how high they could go.

- Dana White does not know how close the UFC is in getting to Melbourne, Australia.

- In terms of returning to Las Vegas, White says they want to keep adding the number of shows. “We’re going to be putting on more fights in more places.” White says there might be a fight in Las Vegas and Australia at the same time.

- White says the economic impact on Toronto for UFC 129 will be $40 million.

- White says The Ultimate Fighter is going to air in every country. 2011 will be the year. UFC is going to do TUF UK, TUF Canada. First one in 2011 will be TUF Philippines.

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