The UFC announced plans for next year’s UFC International Fight Week main card as it plans to hold UFC 200 at the new MGM Arena set to open early next year. The announcement was made at the beginning of this year’s Fan Expo.
UFC 200 will take place at the new MGM Arena on Saturday, July 2, 2016.
While UFC 189 was touted as one of the biggest event’s in company history, the UFC expects UFC 200 to be the biggest in company history.
The MGM – AEG Arena is a $350 million, 20,000 seat indoor arena which broke ground on May 1st of last year. It will replace this year’s venue and it appears that the UFC will be the first event held in the new arena. Completion of the new arena is scheduled for some time in the spring 2016.
The arena is a possible destination for an NHL expansion team.
Payout Perspective:
Get ready for next year’s UFC International Fight Week. UFC 200 will be the biggest event in company’s history as it hits the 200 milestone. You can expect the UFC to pull out all the stops for this event and the week leading up to the event. McGregor, Rousey, Weidman and others should be expected to be a part of this card. Get your tickets early.
Biggest…all hype….hahahaha
Tops is self destructing. Hahaha.
Dana ” it will be a 10million dollar gate! but we will only pay the main event 400k” bahahahahahahha but wait they have a Reebok deal and new gay uniforms bahahahaha
Saldahomo.
UFC 200 to open new MGM Arena……..unless Mayweather wants to fight that night.
Hahaha!!! Gayweather is retiring moron and even if he wanted to fight, I’m not too certain they would take a fight with him against one of his scrub opponents over a UFC. Maybe if he was fighting Pacquaio again, but we all know he is done come this fall, which is when boxing ppv hits the iceberg.
Awesome. UFC and MMA keep growing – biggest event just held with a bigger one soon with Aldo and McGregor fight.
And so it’s fitting that the new venue would open with a UFC event.
MMA is on fire.
@TheGreatest – May/September biggest times for boxing. Mayweather doesn’t need to fight in July although the new arena is scheduled to be complete by May 2016….
Jason Cruz on July 12th, 2015 4:57 PM
@TheGreatest – May/September biggest times for boxing. Mayweather doesn’t need to fight in July although the new arena is scheduled to be complete by May 2016
It was meant as a joke but if Mayweather were to fight Pacquiao it would be in May 2016.
With McGregor coaching on TUF 22, this event looks more and more likely to host Aldo and McGregor.
UFC 200 will do a whopping 8M gate with 1.3M buys. LOL.
WhoppingI tell ya.
Ahahahahahahah
mmaguru, they are targeting January 2nd for Aldo-McGregor at the MGM according to Lorenzo Fertitta but nothing is set in stone.
Sampson can’t handle the reality that this fight is going to be enormous and mma consistently destroys boxing in everything.
PBC still paying to get on network tv, meanwhile the UFC had a bidding war for their network deal. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I’m confused. I thought ufc 200 was going to be in may? I can’t see the UFC missing out on 2 ppvs just to have UFC 200 in July.
Hi George,
Its always been the plan to time it so UFC 200 is in July during IFW. I do find it interesting that they had the hindsight considering we had a couple PPVs cancelled along the way.
FMJ and Manny opening the arena would be pretty cool. That would definitely be a larger than life event too. Their first fight was THE largest hyped fight ever, with a turnout to match, but the problem is that…..
….people saw it now. Whose going to pay $125 to watch that again? No real undercard and the title fight was Floyd showcasing his skills in point-fighting a decision over an injured Manny. If people pay to see this fight again…it’s only them paying for the hope of seeing FMJ get KO’d and his mouth shut for good. And well as maybe put in dent in future women he will probably beat up too.
Seriously, after watching the ‘fighters’ who fought at UFC 189, the heart, desire to finish fights, not leaving it at the hands of the judges…..who can go back to watching FMJ do another ‘Dancing with the Stars’ routine. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. I bought the first one, zero chance i’m watching it again.