If you happen to’re in Perth this weekend, you possibly can in all probability rating your self some UFC tickets on a budget.
On September 27, the Final Preventing Championship heads again to Australia with a Battle Evening card headlined by an explosive mild heavyweight conflict between prime 10 contenders Dominick Reyes and Carlos Ulberg.
Sadly, that’s the place the joy ends for many followers.
UFC Perth is a far cry from the promotion’s final occasion within the land down underneath, which featured the middleweight title conflict between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. All advised, greater than 14,000 folks attended UFC 305 final yr, however in accordance with a report from 7 Information Australia, Saturday’s present has solely bought half of the out there 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 ‘Battle Evening’ is being staged at RAC Area, however the venue is just 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 yr 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 lightweight on the standard, that includes a slew of fighters unknown to even probably the most hardcore MMA followers. That, on prime of dropping 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.
Take a look at the complete lineup for Saturday’s return to RAC Area under:
UFC Perth Essential Card On ESPN+ (10 p.m. ET):
Carlos Ulberg vs. Dominick Reyes (mild heavyweight)
Jimmy Crute vs. Ivan Erslan (mild 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 (mild 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)
