“France Is Going to Be Special”: Dana White Shares His Thoughts on the UFC Expanding in the European Market With First Ever Event in France

The UFC has some exciting things coming up and their audience in France will definitely be happy. No doubt Dana White is excited about the UFC going to Paris in September. In an interview with ‘BT Sport’, the UFC President talked about the same.

White said, “Yeah, I mean France, we’ve been working on France for a long time. Spent a lot of money, you know, lobbying to get in there and we are finally going to do our first event. And, you know, I love doing places that are destinations. What’s more of a destination than Paris, France?”

“I mean, to be at the first-ever UFC event in Paris, France is going to be special,” added White.

UFC Fight Night on September 3 will take place at Accor Arena in Paris, France. Their pre-sale begins on June 23 and general on-sale on June 24.

With the UFC going to Paris, they are surely becoming more accessible to their European audience. The promotion will also be going to Singapore and the UK in the coming months.

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In March, the MMA organization returned to the UK for the first time since 2019 with UFC Fight Night: Volkov vs. Aspinall in London after a long time They will look to follow it up with another blockbuster event that will see the return of Darren Till.

Which countries has the UFC been to?

The UFC is a global promotion. Just like their fighters come from all around the world, they too have shown their presence in different countries.

While the promotion has held many events within the United States, its presence is regular in the United Arab Emirates. As per ‘Sportscasting‘, the promotion has been to 24 countries.

It has been to Brazil, Canada, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Argentina, Chile, Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Uruguay. It has also visited Asian countries like China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, and South Korea.

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With France on their mind, they will be adding another country to their long list.

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