UFC 293 Set for Sydney As Part of Three-Event PPV Deal with Australian City

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship will be heading to Australia’s most populous city on a regular basis for the next few years.

Dana White on Wednesday announced that UFC 293 will be held in Sydney on Sept. 9, making it the first event held in the Australian city since 2017. It will be the first of three pay-per-view events to be held in Sydney over the course of the next four years as part of a deal the promotion has signed with the New South Wales government.

“I just want to say thank you to New South Wales’ government, Premier Chris Minns and the team at Destination New South Wales for making all of this happen,” White said. “I will see you all in Sydney.”

The promotion’s last venture to Sydney was UFC Fight Night 121 on Nov. 18, 2017, when Fabricio Werdum outpointed Marcin Tybura in the evening’s heavyweight headliner the the Qudos Bank Arena. More recently, the Las Vegas-based organization traveled to Australia for UFC 284, which saw Islam Makhachev retain his lightweight belt with a unanimous verdict over Alexander Volkanovski at the RAC Arena in Perth.