Triple H is envious of what Dana White completed at Noche UFC.
Final month, the Final Combating Championship delivered on its promise to supply an occasion in contrast to something fight sports activities followers had ever seen earlier than. The promotion’s card contained in the already iconic Sphere in Las Vegas was a spectacle that had everybody, together with the WWE’s Chief Content material Officer, swooning.
“After I see what Dana is doing they usually’re simply crushing it and I see stuff at The Sphere and I take a look at that manufacturing and I’m like, ‘I wanna try this.’ It’s similar to lots of enjoyable,” Triple H mentioned throughout a press convention following WWE Dangerous Blood on October 5. “Man, it’s superb to look at them do what they do, on the stage they do it, and there’s nothing like that on the planet” (h/t Sportskeeda).
Although the funds for the occasion exceeded $20 million, Noche UFC introduced in a record-breaking $22 million gate, breaking the $17 million document set by Conor McGregor’s conflict with Eddie Alvarez in November 2016.
It additionally eclipsed the corporate’s earlier data for highest-grossing merchandise gross sales and highest-grossing gross sales for VIP experiences. It additionally generated extra sponsorship {dollars} than some other occasion in UFC historical past.
Noche UFC fails to shut the present with a bang
As a lot as a spectacle because the night was, the motion contained in the Octagon left rather a lot to be desired. Notably within the case of the co-main and essential occasions. Each Valentina Shevchenko and Merab Dvalishvili deployed a wrestle-heavy assault towards their opponents en path to a pair of uneventful world title victories.
Their performances had been dominant, however not precisely fan-friendly which left the UFC CEO a bit annoyed.
“You may management how a lot you spend on the manufacturing of an occasion, however you possibly can’t management the fights,” White mentioned of the lackluster title fights through the post-fight press convention.
