Dana White Wants Quick Octagon Return To London: “I’m Going To Bring A Title Fight Here”
UFC President Dana White wants to bring the promotion back to the United Kingdom as soon as possible after the UFC Fight Night 204 event that went down Saturday night in London, England.
White spoke with the media in the post-fight conference following the event and addressed wanting to bring the Octagon back to the UK in 2022, given the success of this weekend’s card.
“Tonight reenergized and reminded me what it’s like to do fights over in the U.K., man,” White said (h/t MMA Junkie). “We’re coming back this year. I don’t give a sh*t what the schedule is. We’re going to be moving some sh*t around when we get home. The way I look at it, you do half the kids that won. You come back here and do a card with them and somebody else. You take the other half of the kids to Abu Dhabi in October. Just off the top of my head, that’s what I’m thinking right now.”
He continued on to reveal that the promotion initially wanted a rematch between UFC welterweight champion, Kamaru Usman, and top contender Leon Edwards to headline the event but was unable to make it happen. However, White does plan on bringing a title fight to Europe and also mentioned plans for making that a reality in the near future.
“The only thing that would’ve made tonight even better, if you could even make tonight even better, would’ve been if (Kamaru) Usman and Leon (Edwards) were the main event and Aspinall was the co-main event. So the answer is yes,” White said. “I wanted to do that. I wanted this card tonight to be a title fight. I was going to move things around, try to make things happen, but Usman’s hand just wasn’t ready. … I’m going to have a pay-per-view here. I will do it. I’m going to bring a title fight here.”
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