UFC Champion St-Pierre vs Shields & Couture vs Machida On April 30, 2011 In Toronto!

UFC Toronto: Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre (GSP) defends his title against Jake Shields and Randy Couture fights Lyoto Machida.

How will Shields best avoid a loss (like Koscheck's two defeats to GSP; picture of Koscheck's broken orbital bone on the left)? Will he impose his Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) training on GSP or will he feel confident he can strike too with GSP? Ninja Roberts just stated he felt Shields will win because of his superior ground training in BJJ.

We are very happy because some of our staff were born in Toronto and we wrote a long article on why MMA should be allowed in Canada under the Criminal Code.  See http://mmafightingwords.blogspot.com/2010/06/legalizing-mma-in-canada-every-great.html

THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO -- The UFC will make its Ontario debut in April.

UFC president Dana White says the UFC will take place April 30 at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. White said he expects the mixed martial arts show to be "massive."

Ontario announced in August that it would allow mixed martial arts, starting in 2011.  Prior to that Premier Dalton McGuinty had always dismissed the idea of permitting the sport, saying it just wasn't a priority for Ontario families.  Ontario's change of heart came after successful UFC shows in Montreal and Vancouver, which both posted record sellouts for the MMA juggernaut. [See our earlier posts for more information]

UFC 124, had approximately 23,000 fans at the Bell Centre in Montreal.