For the first time in over a year, the U.K. will get a prime-time UFC event.
The O2 Arena in London, England will host a “Fight Night” card on March 22nd next year, per an announcement made this week. The event will be UFC’s 30th U.K. trip, a press release noted.
UFC hasn’t visited the city of London since July 2023, when a “Fight Night” card headlined by Tom Aspinall and Marcin Tybura drew a crowd of over 15,000.
The promotion didn’t appear in London this year but instead hosted a pay-per-view card over 200 miles away in Manchester, which they hadn’t visited since 2016. The show saw England’s Leon Edwards drop his title to Belal Muhammad in the main event slot of the night.
UFC’s trip to Manchester wasn’t the best atmosphere for local fans, as the card aired during the usual PPV times for U.S. viewers. This meant that the earliest fight of the evening kicked off around late-night hours, and the show finished by Sunday morning.
A post on official UFC social media noted that the card this time will be “back in PRIME TIME,” meaning the upcoming card will air at hours that will accommodate those in the arena that evening.
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