A historic event in front of 80,000 spectators? Dana White outlined that the UFC is heading to Spain and wants to hold a gala in the famous football stadium!

Dana White has been teasing mixed martial arts fans a lot. After Spanish-Georgian matador Ilia Topuria put Alexander Volkanovski to sleep in the second round, he called on the UFC boss to bring the organization to Spain. And he took the thrown lasso and gave fans not only in Spain the hope for a historic event.

Champion Topuria is eager for a UFC gala in Spain

The UFC 298 gala generated a huge buzz not only because of the outcome of the main event. But also by what happened after it. Ilia Topuria was able to maintain his invincibility against the longtime featherweight king, putting Alexander Volkanovski to sleep in the second round.

The Georgian living in Spain thus became the first ever fighter to win a UFC title for his country. And with a truly impressive performance. After all, Volkanovski has ruled the featherweight division since 2019 and in seven years, this was his first loss in the division. Moreover, after a crushing knockout.

Thus, immediately after the fight, Topuria did not hide his excitement and, while still in the cage, managed to call on the head of the UFC for the organization to visit Spain for the first time in its history. He had repeatedly claimed before that he could sell out the Santiago Bernabéu. And a fight with Conor McGregor would help him do that.

Topuria makes no secret of his passion for Real Madrid. And it should be noted that the Madrid big club, via its Twitter/X account, congratulated the fighter on winning the belt. And it is this connection that the organization could use to stage the biggest event in UFC history.

He so far holds the UFC 243 gala in May 2019 in Melbourne, where the main event of Whittaker vs. Adesanya was watched by more than 57,000 spectators at the multi-purpose Marvel Stadium. The Santiago Bernabéu then has a capacity of more than 80,000 seats. And following upgrades in recent years, also boasts a retractable roof.

Will Dana White hear his call?

And it was this information that intrigued the UFC boss, who was asked about the possibility of holding such an event at the famous stadium. “We would like to visit Spain like Ilia. His first title defense? If we could find a place to do it, why not,” Dana White confirmed the interest at the post-UFC 298 press conference.

Then, when reporters suggested the Madrid sanctuary, he asked about capacity and the possibility of a retractable roof. The moment they confirmed the aforementioned information to him, White seemed excited. ” I like it, it sounds really good,” he said. So will we get a gala with historic attendance after UFC 300?

Source: UFC, X, TikTok