When it seemed that everything was lost, Dana White comes out to take a script turn to events. The president and CEO of the UFC, the largest Mixed Martial Arts League (MMA), was exposed during the Press Conference after the UFC Fight Night event of Saudi Arabia, in which Israel Adesanya was knocked out by Nassourdine Imavov, the latter becoming the latter in one of the best positioned to make the race to the average weight title. The debate has been many times above the table: Spain yes or Spain no. The answer is clear: yes. But the main unknown is missing: when.
The little availability of the enclosures that could most square to house the UFC events, which are usually the pavilions, had allowed us to think that The arrival of the UFC to Spain should be postponed. To this is added that Ilyia Topuria, the featherweight champion, should lead the event, and their fighting has to be scheduled within the payment events by vision (PPV), also called numbered, which have a very little flexible calendar and the vast majority are already distributed. These factors pushed 2025 not to seem a viable option, but Dana White appeared to revive the matter.
«When we go to Spain for the first time, it will probably be to a stadium. We hope to go there this year », He pointed out at a press conference the top manager of the UFC, putting together a stir in social networks. The reality is that there are very few events that have flexibility, perhaps the Mercanster numbering, in July, or that of Salt Lake City, in October. Taking into account that Topuria has to fight in the coming months, sooner rather than later, everything is a puzzle that must be fadded Dana White and Hunter Campbell, next to the ‘Matchmakers’ Sean Shelby and Mick Maynard.
The other great piece of the puzzle, where it would be, according to Dana White’s latest statements, would point to a stadium, aware that the topuria effect and the rise of other Spanish athletes would help fill the stands of the chosen enclosure. Another option that seemed viable if this arrival was delayed was that of Roig Arena, the modernist stadium that is being built in Valencia, a city well connected to the rest of Spain and with an infrastructure large enough to house such an event.
But returning to the matter of the stadiums, it seems that Santiago Bernabéu, due to its adaptability, would be the best positioned to host an UFC Spain. In any case, only the American promoter knows what her final commitment will be, for the moment, she only remains to enjoy the next lawsuits of the Spanish: Aleksandre Topuria at UFC 312, this Sunday, February 9, and Dani Bárez, in Las Vegas , March 15.
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