Ultimate Fighting Championship returns to Macau for first time in 10 years on November 23
- Fight Night Macau will be the 4th UFC event to be held in the region and will take place at the 16,000-seat Galaxy Arena indoor stadium
The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Macau for the first time in 10 years with a fight night event on November 23, the mixed martial arts promotion said on Thursday.
The UFC last held an event in Macau in August 2014. The event in November will be its fourth in the special administrative region of China.
“We are ecstatic to be back at this incredible destination city,” said Kevin Chang, UFC’s senior vice-president and head of Asia.
The event, called UFC Fight Night Macau, will take place in the Galaxy Arena, Macau’s largest indoor stadium, with a seating capacity of 16,000. Macau is the entertainment hub of China’s Greater Bay Area.
“We welcome UFC’s return to Macau after 10 years,” said Kevin Kelley, chief operating officer, Macau, of the Galaxy Entertainment Group, who said the event was a “prestigious addition” to the venue’s portfolio of international sports events that also included the men’s and women’s table tennis World Cup and the women’s volleyball Nations League.
UFC, which has also held events in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, unveiled an MMA training centre in Shanghai in June 2019.
Subsequently, the sport’s popularity in China has grown significantly, with the country producing several elite fighters and rising stars, including undisputed UFC women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili.
