Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) tonight (June 12) made its debut in Western Canada, with a quartet of preliminary fights that had the crowd at GM Place in Vancouver buzzing.

No doubt the MMA faithful had gathered primarily to witness the likes of Chuck Liddell, Rich Franklin, and Mirko Cro-cop, but the fight hungry audience of Canucks was alive from the opening minutes of UFC 115.

With the rain letting up in one of North America’s wettest city, the sun had finally come out literally and figuratively. After much red tape and hoop-jumping to get this event off the ground, big time MMA had arrived in Vancouver along with the sunshine outdoors.

The Vancouver crowd was ready, and so were the fighters.

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