The Ultimate Fighting Championship could be breaking new ground in
the near future.
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At the UFC 279 post-fight press conference, Dana White revealed
that the Las Vegas-based promotion is working on staging its
first-ever event in Africa.
“We literally just had a meeting the other day, and we’re seriously
talking about Africa now,” White said. “We’re actually starting to
look at venues and cities to hold an event. So Africa is going to
happen very soon.”
While an exact location is currently unclear, the UFC does have a
few fighters with African roots who could headline such a card,
including middleweight champion Israel
Adesanya (Nigeria), heavyweight champion Francis
Ngannou (Cameroon) and ex-welterweight king Kamaru
Usman (Nigeria). The promotion recently reached another
milestone when it traveled to France for the first time for UFC
Fight Night 209 in Paris on Sept. 3.