When you’re in Perth this weekend, you’ll be able to most likely rating your self some UFC tickets on a budget.
On September 27, the Final Combating Championship heads again to Australia with a Struggle Evening card headlined by an explosive light heavyweight clash between prime 10 contenders Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg.
Sadly, that’s the place the thrill ends for many followers.
UFC Perth is a far cry from the promotion’s final occasion within the land down beneath, which featured the middleweight title conflict between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. All informed, greater than 14,000 individuals attended UFC 305 final 12 months, however based on a report from 7 News Australia, Saturday’s present has solely offered half of the accessible seats, prompting the UFC to slash ticket costs.
“The [Western Australian] authorities’s monetary funding in cage preventing is in query tonight,” started 7 Information Australia presenter Rick Ardon. “With poor ticket gross sales to a UFC occasion this weekend. UFC ‘Struggle Evening’ is being staged at RAC Enviornment, however the venue is barely about half full, and tickets are actually being discounted.”
Reporter Geoff Parry continued, including, “The response to UFC’s return go to to Perth this 12 months has been disappointing, not the sellout of earlier years” (h/t MMA Mania).
With 14 complete fights, UFC Perth goes heavy on the amount and light-weight on the standard, that includes a slew of fighters unknown to even probably the most hardcore MMA followers. That, on prime of shedding the beforehand scheduled co-main occasion between Junior Tafa and Ibo Aslan, has seemingly impressed followers to save lots of their hard-earned cash and catch the fights from the consolation of their sofa.
Try the complete lineup for Saturday’s return to RAC Enviornment under:
UFC Perth Foremost Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET):
- Carlos Ulberg vs. Dominick Reyes (gentle heavyweight)
- Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Erslan (gentle heavyweight)
- Jack Jenkins vs. Ramon Taveras (featherweight)
- Jake Matthews vs. Neil Magny (welterweight)
- Justin Tafa vs. Louie Sutherland (heavyweight)
- Tom Nolan vs. Charlie Campbell (light-weight)
UFC Perth Prelims On ESPN+ (7 p.m. ET):
- Navajo Stirling vs. Rodolfo Bellato (gentle heavyweight)
- Cameron Rowston vs. Andre Petroski (middleweight)
- Oban Elliott vs. Jonathan Micallef (welterweight)
- Jamie Mullarkey vs. Rolando Bedoya (light-weight)
- Colby Thicknesse vs. Josias Musasa (bantamweight)
- Michelle Montague vs. Luana Carolina (bantamweight)
- Brando Pericic vs. Elisha Ellison (heavyweight)
- Loma Lookboonmee vs. Alexia Thainara (strawweight)
