It still doesn’t seem like all that long ago when UFC business was booming in Canada, with UFC President Dana White calling the country the “mecca” for MMA.

At the height of former UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre’s legendary title reign, the organization could do no wrong in the country. It routinely hosted events that would sell out with ease. Those days appear to be long gone, though, and much of it is self-inflicted.

Almost every time the UFC has put together a fight card in Canada in recent years, a marquee fight has fallen off the card.

The most recent, of course, was the late-notice UFC 215 main-event cancellation that saw Ray Borg (11-2 MMA, 5-2 UFC) forced out of Saturday’s scheduled flyweight title fight with champ Demetrious Johnson (26-2-1 MMA, 14-1-1 UFC).

The bout was supposed to headline the promotion’s debut in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but Canadian fight fans instead saw another change.

Whether it’s a curse or dumb luck, the trend is difficult to ignore:

UFC 215 in Edmonton (Sept. 9, 2017)

Original headliner: Demetrious Johnson vs. Ray Borg

Revised headliner: Amanda Nunes vs. Valentina Shevchenko

UFC Fight Night 105 in Halifax (Feb. 19, 2017)

Original headliner: Junior Dos Santos vs. Stefan Struve

Revised headliner: Derrick Lewis vs. Travis Browne

UFC 206 in Toronto (Dec. 10, 2016)

Original headliner: Daniel Cormier vs. Anthony Johnson

Revised headliner: Max Holloway vs. Anthony Pettis

UFC 186 in Montreal (April 26, 2015)

Original headliner: T.J. Dillashaw vs. Renan Barao

Revised headliner: Demetrious Johnson vs. Kyoji Horiguchi

UFC 161 in Winnipeg (June 15, 2013)

Original headliner: Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland

Revised headliner: Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson

UFC 152 in Toronto (Sept. 22, 2012)

Original headliner: Demetrious Johnson vs. Joseph Benavidez

Revised headliner: Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort

UFC 149 in Calgary (July 21, 2012)

Original headliner: Jose Aldo vs. Erik Koch

Revised headliner: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao

UFC 131 in Vancouver (June 11, 2011)

Original headliner: Brock Lesnar vs. Junior Dos Santos

Revised headliner: Junior Dos Santos vs. Shane Carwin

UFC 115 in Vancouver (June 12, 2010)

Original headliner: Chuck Liddell vs. Tito Ortiz

Revised headliner: Chuck Liddell vs. Rich Franklin

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