Dana White nonetheless plans on bringing the UFC to each Spain and Africa.
Following Saturday’s lackluster card in Manchester, the outspoken CEO provided an replace on his tentative plans to advertise occasions in each Spain and Africa. White revealed that whereas he’s nonetheless understanding particulars for an occasion in Africa, they’ve hit a little bit of a snag when making an attempt to e book a venue in Ilia Topuria’s dwelling nation.
“The issue with Topuria and Spain is Spain’s venues are so backed up since COVID,” White instructed TNT Sports activities.”They’ve so many occasions occurring. It’s arduous to get a venue there. However once we can, we will certainly do this.“
Instantly following Topuria’s second-round knockout of Alexander Volkanovski at UFC 298, Dana White expressed curiosity in operating an occasion on the 80,000-seat Santiago Bernabéu, dwelling of Spain’s Actual Madrid soccer crew.
Dana White particulars plans to run exhibits in Africa
Dana White isn’t stopping there. He additionally plans to take the UFC to South Africa, dwelling of present middleweight world champion Dricus Du Plessis. White additionally made it clear that he plans on bringing the promotion to the remainder of Africa as properly.
“I wanna go to Africa. We’re nonetheless engaged on an Africa combat; not simply South Africa, however Africa,” White added. “You recognize, ’trigger all people will make the argument, ‘When you go to South Africa, that’s probably not Africa.’ That’s Africa to me. However we’ll nonetheless look to go to different elements of Africa. It’s vital to me.”
Du Plessis will put his 185-pound title on the road for the primary time on Saturday, August 17 when the promotion heads again to Perth, Australia for UFC 305. In the principle occasion of the night, ‘Stillknocks’ will attempt to fend off former two-time titleholder Israel Adesanya who will probably be trying to make historical past because the division’s first-ever three-division champion.
DDP’ took the title dwelling following a closely-contested cut up choice win over Sean Strickland at UFC 296 in January. Their conflict in The Land Down Beneath will probably be Adesanya’s first combat since developing brief towards Strickland practically a 12 months in the past.
