Tom Wright, UFC Director of Operations in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, has given an ultimatum to the Victorian Government, saying that if they don’t overturn the cage ban in the next four to eight weeks the UFC will take its show elsewhere. The goal is for the promotion to hold an event at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, which would bring in up to $50 million in revenue, but they have met resistance from the Napthine Government, who refuses to dump the state wide cage ban. “If the state of Victoria doesn’t make a decision in the next four to eight weeks, we will have to move on,” Wright told News Ltd. “It’s a global sport.
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