London has been a well-liked vacation spot for the Final Preventing
Championship in current months.
The newest go to occurred this previous Saturday, as UFC Battle Evening
224 befell on the O2 Area and noticed Tom
Aspinall make a triumphant return with a first-round technical
knockout of Marcin
Tybura within the night’s predominant occasion. Based on UFC senior
vp Dave Shaw, the occasion was an all-around success — and
possibly a bit bit much less hectic than the earlier go to.
“The journey was nice. It seems like residence. We’ve been right here 4 instances
within the final 18 months,” Shaw stated at Saturday’s post-fight press
convention. “For us, coming off of [the UFC 286] pay-per-view in
March, the place it was a really intense week – massive week, tons occurring,
massive card, Dana [White] and the entire crew, everybody right here – it felt
a bit bit extra manageable. But it surely felt like residence. We’ve been in
The O2 so many instances now. I believe for our crews, for the groups, it
was pretty easy. Very nice to be within the metropolis. Town
additionally felt a bit quieter.”
UFC Battle Evening 224 featured a 15-bout lineup populated with a
numerous number of athletes. That’s by design for this sort of
occasion.
“I believe we had 12 fighters from U.Ok. and Eire. We had 12
completely different nationalities represented,” Shaw stated. “A lot of the playing cards
that we do in London are an actual celebration of European MMA with
your requisite Brazilians and Individuals preventing, as nicely.”
Whereas the UFC has been touring to London completely currently, that
will probably change going ahead because the promotion appears to take care of
a constant schedule within the U.Ok.
“I believe we’re going to proceed with two a 12 months within the U.Ok. at a
minimal. I believe what we’re in all probability going to do in 2024 is transfer
exterior of London for one of many fights,” Shaw stated. “I don’t assume
we’re going to have two fights per 12 months in London. However you by no means
know what Dana needs to do, relying on who’s holding the belt and
the place individuals are ranked. However I wouldn’t be shocked if we … it’s
been some time since we’ve been in Glasgow, it’s been some time since
we’ve been in Manchester, we need to get again to Dublin. There’s a
lot of locations we need to go. We count on that to tackle a barely
completely different complexion subsequent 12 months.”
