Noche Bueno
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I was there for their opener, and I canât see how that place would be a good venue for the UFC other than for saying they did an event there
âGreatest Live Sporting Event of ALL-TIME!â
Itâs typical marketing bullshit with an extra-large helping of DEI (Mehico, Mehico, Mehico) thrown in. Dana acts like heâs against wokism and DEI, but there are numerous examples of it from him.
Iâm sure the parent company Endeavor has a fine ESG score. Itâs run by Ari Emanuel. 
Just from the fights I donât see how this is the greatest by a long shot
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Not in The SphereOSphere !
One mexican fighter in the co-main followed by a Georgian and a hippy in the Main in an event branded Riyahd is not a âlove letter to mexicoâ. To top it off, Turkey will probably demand the Saudi national anthem be played like he did for the crawford fight in LA.
As a mexican, I will be watching the Canelo fight on the big screen, with my tablet streaming the Grasso and Sean fight
Danaâs head is a fucking sphere.
âGreatest Sporting Event Of All Time!â
Heâs been hanging around with Snoop too long.
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On September 14, the UFC will host their biggest event ever and the most expensive combat sports event of all time when UFC 306 lands at the Sphere in Las Vegas, marking the first combat sports event to take place at the unique venue.
As soon as the event was announced to take place at the Sphere, the hype for the event rapidly rose which of course set the expectations extremely high.
However, despite the expectations, there are several factors heading into the event that could hinder it and make it a failure. Letâs take a look at the current state of the event and the factors surrounding it.
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UFC 306 set to rival big boxing event headlined by Canelo Alvarez
One of the biggest talking points heading into September 14, is that UFC 306 is rivaling a big boxing event at the T-Mobile Arena, headlined by Mexicoâs biggest star, Canelo Alvarez.
Although UFC CEO Dana White has stated that he is not concerned with the events clashing, I feel there probably is at least some cause for concern.
With both events taking place on Mexican Independence Day weekend, there are going to be tonnes of eyes on Canelo as he is the biggest star from the country, and out of everyone competing across both events, he is the most well-known name.
Something I imagine the UFC is relying on is that the more casual part of the combat sports fanbase would choose to pay for their PPV ahead of the boxing PPV, because of the intrigue of the Sphere.
Ticket sales for UFC 306 have seemingly not gone as well as expected
With Dana White having recently revealed the event has cost over $20m to create, as expected the ticket prices are absolutely extortionate.
When tickets initially went on sale, the cheapest ticket was an astonishing $3000 due to the limited seating in the Sphere. Despite that, likely because of the initial struggle of shifting tickets so expensive, they reduced the prices and the current cheapest ticket is $757.
The UFC 306 fight card isnât as strong as people initially hoped it would be
Outside of Conor McGregor, the event is being headlined by arguably the UFCâs next biggest star, Sean OâMalley, as he defends his 135lb title against Merab Dvalishvili.
Despite it being a very intriguing fight for MMA fans and involving a name that has transcended the sport, the rest of the fight card isnât very strong at all, and it has been pretty shockingly put together.
The co-main event sees Mexican star Alexa Grasso defend her title against Valentina Shevchenko in a history-making trilogy, but compared to Canelo, her star power is incomparable.
There are only 10 fights on the entire card when typically the UFC PPVs are made up of around 13-15 fights. Outside of the main event and co-main event, there are only four ranked fighters on the entire card, and two of them are womenâs bantamweightâs which is regarded as the weakest division in the sport.
It seems as though the promotion is leaning too heavily on the event being at the Sphere, and they are relying on that factor bringing in most of the success but you still need to put together a solid fight card, which this really isnât.
White has openly spoken about the struggles of nailing an event like this and a specific production team of extremely talented people has been put together to work on it. Somehow, they are going to need to make it a unique viewing experience for people watching at home, and any production mishaps will massively affect the experience.
Ultimately, I do think this event will end up being successful but they need to knock it out of the park considering how much it has been hyped up by White and co.
135 lb men and a chick co main hardly the greatest card ever!
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This event is going to be huge. Iâll definitely look up the results within a few days after it happens.
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Hook a brother up, river east is down
cheapest tix went from $3k to $787
Still got 3000 unsold tix
Bump for LOLz
Overheard at UFC HQ
Egg: I want to put on the greatest live sporting event in world history. We need the greatest athlete to headline.
Staff: Say no more, Kimosabe. Nancy, get OâMalley on the phone.
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