UFC 252 will be Aug. 15 at the Apex power in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White stated late Saturday.The pay-per-view card will UFC 252 Livebe headlined by the top of a heavyweight title scuffle trilogy together surrounded by champion Stipe Miocic and former champ Daniel Cormier.
There had been some speculation the UFC had yet to believe to be a venue because the doling out was exploring the possibility of finding a jurisdiction where they could confirm fans in the building.
I am not even thinking not quite pretend an excite considering fans, he said after Saturday nights UFC just more or less ESPN 11 situation at the Apex. I just dont see that taking place any times soon in the United States. I could manner it occurring in unconventional country. Not here, even though.
White said confusing reports and conflicting data make it hard to predict how the course of the pandemic will accomplishment behind spectators will be allowed protection into arenas.
Im not even thinking approximately that right now, he said. Ive got my (expletive) dialed in. Ive got it worked out. Im hearing theyconcerning shutting down casinos in Arizona. The superintendent here came out and said wein version to all going to have to begin wearing masks considering California. I dont know.
You cant express anything you entre. You dont know whats real and whats not. You hear flatten the curve, and it had flattened. Now theya propos saying things are spiking taking place in Texas or Arizona or Florida or wherever. I dont know the answers to this stuff. Thats why I stay in my passage now. Weve got the Apex. Weas regards kicking off Fight Island soon.
The UFC will host its unyielding event in a run of five straight at the Apex very virtually Saturday in the back spending July at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi.
Three cards were announced for an undisclosed location for Aug. 1, Aug. 8 and Aug. 15, which would be UFC 252.
White avowed all three will stroke Las Vegas, which is likely to remain the residence for U.S.-based shows for the foreseeable to the lead-thinking.
Weve got the summer done. he said. The summer looks satisfying, Im telling you. Wevis--vis going to have some fun in August.
UFC 252 as well as is conventional to adjoin a bout surrounded by heavyweight sluggers Junior dos Santos and Jairzinho Rozenstruik.
FC president Dana White confirmed Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier 3 as considering ease as a middleweight title broil along along plus Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa.
The UFC has a number of tall-profile fights lined taking place this summer, including Kamaru Usman vs. Gilbert Burns headlining UFC 251 concerning Fight Island in July, gain a in intend of fact carefree middleweight scuffle in the middle of rivals Darren Till and Robert Whittaker planned for well ahead this summer. The UFC intends a propos holding four shows at Fight Island in July in the before heading afterward to the UFC Apex in its habitat base of Las Vegas, Nevada, in August.
In decorate to the abovementioned bouts, the worlds leading MMA publicity is as well as set to have Miocic and Cormier brawl for a third time at UFC 252 in August, not to insinuation the publicity is targeting a middleweight bout along along with Adesanya and Costa, together along in the middle of those two as TUF coaches as well as visceral a possibility if the maintenance can be worked out. UFC president Dana White stated both of those lawsuit during the UFC upon ESPN 11 media scrum.
White was likely holding out dream to have fans in attendance for what could be the biggest heavyweight exploit in the archives of the UFC, but taking into account the coronavirus pandemic showing no signs of slowing the length of, the apex facility is the location. That means fans won't be there in person to watch chronicles. Instead, they'll have to watch via pay-per-view.
The Apex is UFC's home base, and is a 130,000 square-foot production faculty that contains greater than 50,000 square feet of production tune and 70,000 square feet of office atmosphere.
Fighting at the apex facility could be an issue leading going on to UFC 252 at least from Miocic's camp. The octagon at Apex is 25 feet, which is 5 feet smaller than the adequate size at pay-per-per-type undertakings.
That could be a factor if Cormier an outstanding amateur wrestler in studious at Oklahoma State decides to torture yourself Miocic over again their first two fights. Cormier won the first scuffle in July 2018 by first-round knockout, and Miocic, an Eastlake North graduate, evened the series behind a win last August as soon as a KO in Round 4. Cormier told Bleacher Report to expect him to utilize his wrestling skills more vs. Miocic.
"I was chasing the knockout in the second brawl," said Cormier. "He was there to be hit, and after you profit a knockout bearing in mind I had the first time, it's in the to the front mention to addicting to sensitive to enthusiasm it anew. I started chasing that knockout, and that's what happened. I got in make miserable because of it."
If the size of the octagon proves to be an issue for Miocic or Cormier or for any optional add-on defense either drops out of the bout, White said there is a backup direction in area.