"UFC Fight Night 17: Lauzon vs. Stephens" event scored 7,596 attendees at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Fla. The near-sold-out crowd accounted for a live gate of around $428,000.
The UFC's first ever trip to Tampa was sired on the Spike TV on Feb. 7 event and showed Joe Lauzon's submission success over Jeremy Stephens in the night's main event.
The UFC's "Fight Night" events were usually and traditionally held in smaller venues, UFC Fight Night 17 stuck with a recent drift of hosting this show in larger venues.
UFC Fight Night 14 was held at the Broomfield Event Center in Colorado, drew 6,742 attendees for a $753,429 gate. UFC Fight Night 15 was at the Omaha Civic Auditorium in Nebraska, crowded approximately 7,000 fans for a $700,000 gate and the last fight event UFC Fight Night 16 held at North Carolina's Crown Coliseum as a benefit for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, had approximately 8,500 attendees, all of whom were military personnel.
The oragnaizations had announced that the UFC will be heading to new locales in 2009 and hosting shows in larger venues. The UFC also has a plan of having more than 20,000-seat Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., for the April 1 UFC Fight Night 18 event.
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