| UFC 70: Nations Collide | ||||
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 The poster for UFC 70: Nations Collide | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | 21 April 2007 | |||
| Venue | Manchester Evening News Arena | |||
| City | Manchester, United Kingdom | |||
| Attendance | 15,114 (12,708 paid)[1] | |||
| Total gate | $2,628,472 (£1.3 million GBP)[2] | |||
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UFC 70: Nations Collide was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester on Saturday, 21 April 2007. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the first since UFC 38. The card was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Setanta Sports.[3]
The televised card on Spike TV drew a 1.84 overall rating (2.8 million viewers), and at its highest point, UFC 70 drew 3.5 million viewers for the main event.[4]
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- ^ "UFC draws capacity crowd in Manchester". Virtual Manchester. 22 April 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
- ^ Whitehead, Lee (8 March 2007). "LONDON CALLING: UFC & CAGE RAGE LOCK HORNS". MMA Weekly. Retrieved 9 March 2007.
- ^ Alvarez, Bryan (24 April 2007). "UFC 70 rating". F4WOnline.com. Retrieved 24 April 2007.