Dana White is planning his most ambitious UFC show yet.
Earlier this year, the MMA mogul excitedly announced that he would be taking his MMA promotion to the Las Vegas Sphere, which holds 18,600 people and cost £2billion to make.
The Las Vegas Sphere’s exterior is the world’s largest LED screen and it produces stunning visual displaysCredit: Getty
The arena that took five years to build and has unparalleled immersive video and audio capabilities will host UFC 306 on September 14, two days before Mexican Independence Day.
“This is my love letter to Mexico, the Mexican people and the history of combat in Mexico,” White said on the Club Shay Shay podcast.
“It’s gonna be done in the greatest arena ever built with the best technology in the world right now as far as arenas go.”
White went on to reveal he’s already spent an extraordinary amount of money on the event, which will be historic as he never plans to return to the venue.
He added: “I’m already $16million into this thing.
“This will never be done again. This will never be replicated.
“Anybody who comes in after me at The Sphere is f*****.
“One and done. It will be the greatest live sporting event anyone has ever seen.”
White says his Sphere show will be even better than UFC 300Credit: Getty
He believes it will be the best live sports event everCredit: UFC
White is already working on creating an epic card for UFC 306.
In April, he put on a stacked night of fights to celebrate the UFC’s latest landmark, but he promises to outdo that and every sporting event in history later this year.
“We’re working on it [UFC 306 card] and tweaking it every day,” White said.
“Everybody should want to be on that card. Everybody was all fired up about UFC 300, this card is going to be [even better].
“It’s going to be like nothing anyone has ever seen before for a live event.”
No fights have been announced for the card yet. However, Conor McGregor is currently looking for a new fight date after his June 29 meeting with Michael Chandler was postponed due to an injury.
McGregor vs Chandler needs a new dateCredit: Getty
McGregor’s teammate, Peter Queally, recently told talkSPORT MMA that the UFC’s biggest star is likely to return in September.
“It seems like they will endeavour to make that fight in September time,” he said.
“Something like that maybe. That’s what I’m hearing.
“That’s what you can look forward to if they can make it happen.”
It makes all the sense in the world. ‘Notorious’ sells more pay-per-views and puts more bums on seats than anyone else in MMA.
Only time will tell if he’ll get to headline White’s Sphere show.