the ufc fumbled the bag never doing ufc africa

Striking-Permit1594 · 2023-09-04T21:05:09+00:00

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There is hope

ManOnTheMun25 · 2023-09-04T23:15:35+00:00

LMAO this card would have made way more money in Vegas or at MSG

BHaNSeNuMBeRoNe · 2023-09-04T21:51:19+00:00

hungfit123 · 2023-09-04T21:18:23+00:00

If it would’ve made them money they would’ve done it

Jealous-Adeptness-16 · 2023-09-04T22:04:54+00:00

South Africa is the only country large and rich enough to have enough people willing to pay $200+ to watch such an event. And even if you do it in South Africa, if you dont have enough South African stars on the card, they probably arent willing to pay those prices anyways. Dricus is probably Africa’s best shot of bringing the UFC to Africa.

Highlight_Numerous · 2023-09-04T23:17:49+00:00

Talmbout Jon Africa?

OldIllustrator8 · 2023-09-04T21:53:57+00:00

Waiting for the real African king DDP

Merkavelly · 2023-09-04T22:06:42+00:00

An American, a Chinese, and a French man walk into a bar…

FitResponse414 · 2023-09-04T23:05:31+00:00

The only place that has the infrastructure is south africa, north africa could host it but they have nothing culturally and ethnically to do with subsaharian africa so it would be disrespectful to the fighters who are mostly black

Aidozer · 2023-09-04T23:17:13+00:00

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They call him the king of Africa

Yabbadabbadingdong2 · 2023-09-04T21:39:58+00:00

But none of them fight out of Africa though

MorseCone · 2023-09-05T00:04:02+00:00

Well, with two Chinese champions the UFC should be considering UFC China right about now.

Careless_Bother6183 · 2023-09-05T00:12:28+00:00

Africa is a continent… not a country unlike Australia which is both.

LemonDaddy666 · 2023-09-05T00:04:50+00:00

The ufc without doing ufc in Africa :

Fast_Presentation186 · 2023-09-04T21:55:09+00:00

It's mainly a security issue, many parts of Africa are still the wild west with very little laws and the cops are mainly corrupt, and besides, you can't really sell a lot of tickets if there isn't enough money to get out of the people that live in that area South Africa would be their best bet but it's still very corrupt with its legal and police system

howmanyturtlesdeep · 2023-09-04T21:01:41+00:00

They definitely still can and hopefully will.

BatRoyal488 · 2023-09-05T04:36:37+00:00

We the French propose UFC Marseille as a middle ground.

thisismausername · 2023-09-04T23:21:27+00:00

Remember when they had 3 Mexican Champs and didn't go to Mexico for a card either? Back to back fumbles. You'd think they'd learn from this shit.

besameput0 · 2023-09-04T23:34:04+00:00

I love it when a bunch of internet people who make 5-6 figures talk about how richer people fumbled the bag.

yoyoyowhoisthis · 2023-09-04T22:02:01+00:00

I think they are still hoping for Adesanya vs DPP in south africa or something

thebizkit23 · 2023-09-05T01:08:20+00:00

The UFC wanted it badly, there was just no real infrastructure outside of South Africa.

kboogie82 · 2023-09-05T01:34:14+00:00

Coconut Creek, New Zealand and Paris France.

HPandhollowpoints · 2023-09-05T02:24:05+00:00

Mike perry wasn’t on the card so they couldn’t

Mjaso7414 · 2023-09-04T21:35:32+00:00

Did they though?

fatch0deBoi34 · 2023-09-04T23:04:22+00:00

Besides South Africa, which can’t handle this shit currently, Lagos Nigeria would probably be the next closest city able to sustain such an event.

I have a close friend living in Lagos and based on everything I’ve seen him show me there’s not a fucking chance the UFC would go there.

Beautiful people and people that I love, but people in the general west have no idea what its actually like there and in some of these countries..

chris-np · 2023-09-04T23:32:00+00:00

Add DDP

EfficientAd3417 · 2023-09-04T23:53:04+00:00

This would’ve been a dumb move… all these fighters can headline on their own , they’d make more money having them main event 3 separate PPVs

clogan117 · 2023-09-05T00:18:00+00:00

Only if Jon Africa is fighting.

RobertJ93 · 2023-09-05T00:37:42+00:00

They made $387m profit in 2022 alone. I think they know what they’re doing.

stonetear2017 · 2023-09-05T01:37:38+00:00

Who’s buying tickets? 💀

DonKingsBarber · 2023-09-05T02:51:21+00:00

What about Nebraska?

Yodiducallme · 2023-09-05T03:04:54+00:00

I feel like i didn’t miss much

marco333polo · 2023-09-05T03:28:06+00:00

The problem is where? Egypt, Tunisia and Senegal have the largest indoor arenas at 20 000, 17 000 and 15 000 respectively, Nigeria has a 3000 capacity arena, Cameroon 2008 capacity. Even South Africa only has a 10 000 capacity arenas since the Dome became a used car lot. Also the logistics of making UFC Africa happen are gonna be a nightmare so can't happen on short notoce.

jm810112 · 2023-09-05T03:43:19+00:00

Now they can do a card with Jon Africa and DDP

ilikebigbutts442 · 2023-09-05T12:02:55+00:00

It would be difficult, a lot of people would go and a lot would pass on it. How many sporting events can you name that happened in Africa in the last 10 years

GavinAdamson · 2023-09-05T12:08:32+00:00

Why do you care about doing an event in Africa so much ?

mpetey123 · 2023-09-05T12:52:52+00:00

Does any country in Africa have the want of hosting a UFC event?

Lonely_Ranger19 · 2023-09-05T13:27:47+00:00

Why do people keep saying Africa like it’s a country

IvarTheBone · 2023-09-05T23:25:10+00:00

No offense but… umm, what bag was there to collect?

CaPN_CoOkz · 2023-09-04T22:28:56+00:00

How would they financially benefit from going there?

IsTodayTheSuperBowl · 2023-09-04T22:47:45+00:00

Y’all dummies gonna be so confused when UAE and Saudi Arabia keep pumping money into the PFL and the antitrust lawsuit destroys the ufc in 10 years.

making-scents · 2023-09-04T21:22:02+00:00

Who would a Chinese fighter want to be on that card?

burner-199 · 2023-09-04T21:35:31+00:00

Dricus is the most African fighter in ufc history

Jedi_Sith1812 · 2023-09-04T21:28:55+00:00

I think Covid made it a little more difficult to schedule it.

Genova_Witness · 2023-09-04T23:32:23+00:00

There never was any chance of a UFC Africa. Imagine the logistics and the money they leave on the way side with the gate, think they are charging $700 for nose bleeds in Jo burg or Lagos? Are they going to do a local PPV time so it’s 6am in America or have the main event at 5am local time they have done locally timed shows in the past but they are rare and always cost them in PPV buys. South Africa is in major political pain and wouldn’t be safe enough to host and Nigeria doesn’t have the infrastructure to do so safely.

They may do a fight night one day but the idea that they were ever going to do a major PPV there is silly.

MeTooWasAtrend · 2023-09-05T00:25:27+00:00

Izzy and Usman aren’t African

flowersermon9 · 2023-09-04T21:56:19+00:00

No picture of Mike Perry? Swill.

cmondawg74 · 2023-09-04T21:56:58+00:00

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Training_Stuff7498 · 2023-09-04T22:54:04+00:00

I guarantee it was brought up, thought out, and considered.

If they believed it to be a good business decision, they would have done it.

2023-09-05T00:19:49+00:00

UFC Nigeria would have been HUGE!

HomicidalRex · 2023-09-05T02:17:48+00:00

They didn't fumble it cause it would've took until at least 2024 for them to get everyone approved. Francis and usman got injured during their run towards the end and even if Usman and Izzy kept their belts, there we're no good fights left for either of them to sell.

SalemtheKidMusic · 2023-09-04T22:15:34+00:00

Marty from Nebraska, the Chinese dragon, and a French fry.

Ok_Lawfulness_1263 · 2023-09-05T01:05:09+00:00

Missed all thoose trillions of African dollars aka $2.50

alternative_optionz · 2023-09-04T22:15:27+00:00

Thumbs up for diversity, 2 African champs and a Chinese one. 👍

auzziesoceroo · 2023-09-05T00:40:14+00:00

Where would they do it?

It gets tricky to guarantee fighter safety in the middle countries. Even in more stable countries like Kenya. They would have to tell the fighters to stay in the hotel 100% of the time. Nigeria? Forget it. The only fighters who would be safe would have been Izzy and Usman. Their opponents would have needed 24/7 guards. Could you imagine if Colby had fought Usman in Nigeria and had managed to beat him? He would need to go straight to the airport and get on the first flight out of the country.

You can't go north. The only stable country at the top is Egypt and that caused problems with Abu Dhabi. Plus what Izzy, Usman, and Ngannou wanted Nigeria.

You can't go South either. The only country you could consider would be S. Africa and they were in the grips of a political crisis at the time

Sincityfiend · 2023-09-05T00:55:33+00:00

DDP would say American, New Zealander, French

quantumhed · 2023-09-05T01:26:47+00:00

Yes I'm sure it was the UFC, and not Africa being Africa

GoHawksMatt · 2023-09-05T03:34:43+00:00

Lol you clearly do not know much about politics in that country, there's not way they'd do that without problems. Things are very corrupt and you think they can just make it happen? Lol 😆

masterpublichealth · 2023-09-04T22:04:38+00:00

Dricus will win so they’ll get another chance

YoureAnIdiot007 · 2023-09-04T23:57:11+00:00

Yeah I’m sure the gate in Africa would be wayyyyyy more than Las Vegas or MSG

nooblevelum · 2023-09-04T21:42:35+00:00

If they do please do it anywhere but South Africa.

Ugaliyajana · 2023-09-04T21:13:17+00:00

Big time

Such_Line_1199 · 2023-09-04T22:29:54+00:00

One of them is Chinese

Last-Touch-9217 · 2023-09-05T00:09:52+00:00

Kamaru lost the belt, izzy's chinese/Kiwi and ngannou left to fight fury. Wasn't really fumbled

JyJellyPants-Grape · 2023-09-05T00:25:44+00:00

Would any of them really wanna go back?? Francis literally walked a desert like 3 times to get away

Moist-Catch · 2023-09-04T22:17:57+00:00

Where exactly are they gonna sell out a stadium in Africa

Comprehensive-Cap513 · 2023-09-04T22:23:15+00:00

Why They didn't sell out the arenas in other countries?

Thedrp8 · 2023-09-05T00:41:59+00:00

You can’t put Francis, who’s only marketable now because he hates Dana, ahead of Izzy or usman.
Francis was barely champion and only fought once.
Usman was hurt during most of Francis’s run

anotherlateJay · 2023-09-05T00:51:48+00:00

Idk anything about Africa but from what they kept saying, there’s no infrastructure for an event. And supposedly Francis is now working on building the infrastructure with PFL

Fair-Audience-4001 · 2023-09-05T01:24:53+00:00

Yes indeed! Nigeria is such a great place to have a mega event. Maybe The Republic of Congo, Sudan, Yemen, it just keeps getting better. Chael Sonnen really gave a great description of Brazil, he could describe Africa, too, probably.

Gold-Temperature237 · 2023-09-05T02:37:50+00:00

Dude butt hurt niggas rule the ufc

GarrettRettig · 2023-09-05T12:21:24+00:00

DANA.. not the UFC. The Francis fumble should’ve lost him his job under new ownership

Bakedbean44 · 2023-09-04T21:13:44+00:00

Wakka Wakka - Aye Aye

Doctor-Stoppage · 2023-09-04T22:17:31+00:00

You still have Elon Musk and DDP, two african warriors

Star_Gazing_Cats · 2023-09-04T22:41:35+00:00

They fumbled the bottles of water that Africans spend their entire life savings on

ufc

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