The UFC may have only taken the shortest possible break from running events during the COVID-19 pandemic, but getting fans back in the building for fight cards has been a much bigger struggle. During their most recent trip to Abu Dhabi the promotion was able to host crowds of around 2-3,000, but the last time a US fight card had a live audience was all the way back at UFC 248 in March of last year.
That’s all set to change with the promotion’s upcoming PPV cards. UFC 261 and UFC 262 are both set to take place in front of full-capacity crowds.