It was not necessary to get up late and especially to do it on time.
The first event of the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) the biggest league in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) at the Accor Arena in Paris on Saturday September 3 is already sold out.
Even though the tickets went on sale this Friday, June 24 at 10 a.m.
Presales took it all.
It is therefore no longer possible to book on the two sites Ticketmaster and the Arena site.
At 10 a.m. this Friday when sales opened, you had to prepare for a long, very long waiting list with a low chance of getting a sesame.
And, finally, everything is already gone: "These are not easy figures to verify but, from what we know, registrations for presales have exceeded 100,000 requests", slips a close friend of the powerful American league .
1,591 euros paid for a place near the cage
Under these conditions, the approximately 10 to 12,000 tickets on sale to the general public went like hot cakes.
However, these places were very expensive.
On the Arena site, to afford a chair just below the cage, you had to pay 1591.20 euros!
It's all gone though.
The cheapest places soared to 83 euros but the average price of a ticket was well over 150 euros.
Yes, it is (very) expensive but nothing is available anymore.
On the networks, the discontent of the fans is already enormous.
Shame the prices... pic.twitter.com/N8JaXFPlaP
— Strawbang (@Strawbang) June 23, 2022
Remember that the UFC, the equivalent of the NBA for MMA, will arrive in France for the first time at the start of the school year.
“The UFC will host its first-ever event in Paris, France on Saturday, September 3 at the Accor Arena, with a heavyweight bout pitting #1-ranked Ciryl Gane against #3-ranked Tai Tuivasa.
They will co-headline No. 1 middleweight Robert Whittaker against No. 3 Marvin Vettori in a high-impact title fight.
“We don't realize how extraordinary it is to see the UFC arrive in Paris, enthuses Fernand Lopez, the boss of the MMA Factory in Paris.
When we know where our sport comes from, whose fights were banned in France only 3 years ago.
Until now, to accompany my guys to a UFC meeting, I had to go to the other side of the world.
This time I can walk there.
It is a colossal event whose magnitude we will understand as it approaches.
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