March 6, 2017 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 2016 Awards issue, talent departing TNA, more

The UFC announced its first true marquee fight of 2017, the Michael Bisping vs. Georges St-Pierre battle for the middleweight title that both fighters have wanted for months and at one point was talked about for the 12/10 show in Toronto.

Dana White confirmed rumors and our reports that the fight was being worked on, saying it was a done deal on ESPN on 3/1. At this time, no date nor location is finalized. It would make sense for this to be the main event for International Fight Week, for the 7/8 show at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The UFC is doing shows on both 7/7 and 7/8 in the building, including the Ultimate Fighter finals on FS 1 the night before. It would also make sense to do the Cody Garbrandt vs. T.J. Dillashaw bantamweight title match that weekend.

None of this is finalized and the fact they didn’t announce it yet for that show would tell you details are still being worked out.

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