The president made it official! pic.twitter.com/UF7LD8YHEg
– UFC_AUSNZ (UFC_AUSNZ)
May 17, 2023
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be heading to Australia’s most populous city on a regular basis for the next few years.
Dana White announced Wednesday that UFC 293 will take place in Sydney on September 9, making it the first event to be held in the Australian city since 2017. It will be the first of three pay-per-view events to be held in Sydney over the next four years as part of a deal the promotion signed with New South Wales Government.
“I just want to say thank you to the NSW Government, Prime Minister Chris Means and the team at Destination New South Wales for making all this happen,” White said. “I’ll see you all in Sydney.”
The promotion’s latest venture to Sydney was UFC Fight Night 121 on November 18, 2017, when Fabricio Werdum defeated Marcin Tebora for the night’s heavyweight championship at Qudos Bank Arena. Most recently, the Las Vegas-based organization traveled to Australia for UFC 284, which saw Islam Makhachev retain his lightweight belt with a unanimous decision over Aleksandr Volkanovski at the RAC Arena in Perth.