UFC CEO Dana White alleges that the promotion's foray into China later this year has already been a commercial success.
The UFC hasn't been in mainland China since 2019, and announced the news earlier this year that they'd be visiting Shanghai for a Fight Night event on August 23. White later revealed that Mingyang Zhang would headline opposite Johnny Walker, with Brian Ortega and Aljamain Sterling taking co-main.
According to the MMA mogul, the event sold out in less than a minute.
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"The China card sold out in one minute," White revealed as part of the UFC Nashville post-event press conference.
According to Stubhub, less than one-percent of tickets are left. Seats are still available for the venue, but only in the dozens. They are also incredibly expensive, totaling four-figures per ticket, indicating that they are being scalped and resold for a higher margin.
Whether there's any truth to White's 'less than a minute' remarks, is another matter.
The eleven-fight card is set to start at 3 AM ET, on August 23 (subject to change):
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