With UFC 161 set to take place on June 15th at Winnipeg, MB’s MTS Centre, we here at MMASucka.com decided it would be fun to throw out some statistics for the UFC’s Canadian contingent. We’ll look at just where the Canadian fighters are most active, if Canadian fighters are “homers” who tend to win at a far higher rate than when abroad, and just how many UFC cards have been held in Canada.
Canadian Fighters by division
- Flyweight: 0
- Male Bantamweight: 4 (Ivan Menjivar, Roland Delorme, Mitch Gagnon, Yves Jabouin)
- Female Bantamweight: 2 (Sarah Kaufman, Alexis Davis)
- Featherweight: 0
- Lightweight: 6 (Mitch Clarke. TJ Grant, John Makdessi, Mike Ricci, Sam Stout, Mark Bocek)
- Welterweight: 7 (Georges St. Pierre, Rory MacDonald, Jordan Mein, Chris Clements, Claude Patrick, Sean Pierson, Patrick Cote)
- Middleweight: 1 (Nick Ring)
- Light Heavyweight: 2 (Roger Hollet, Ryan Jimmo)
- Heavyweight: 0
UFC Cards in Canada
- UFC Cards held in Canada: 13
- Montreal: 7
- Toronto: 3
- Vancouver: 2
- Calgary: 1
Records in Canada
- Total fights involving Canadians on 13 cards held in their home country: 70
- Wins by Canadian fighters at home: 44
- Losses by Canadian fighters at home: 25
- No-Contests by Canadian Fighters at home: 1
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