Too Many Fights, Not Sufficient Followers — UFC Perth Places Tickets on Clearance

Should you’re in Perth this weekend, you may 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 Night time 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 below, which featured the middleweight title conflict between Dricus Du Plessis and Israel Adesanya. All advised, greater than 14,000 individuals attended UFC 305 final yr, however based on a report from 7 Information Australia, Saturday’s present has solely bought half of the obtainable 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 Night time’ is being staged at RAC Enviornment, however the venue is simply 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 whole 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.

Try the total lineup for Saturday’s return to RAC Enviornment under:

UFC Perth Primary 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)