A potential UFC event in Africa.
The 2026 TKO Earnings call took place on November 4th and TKO Group Holdings President Mark Shapiro revealed that UFC has been in talks to present a show in Africa.
“Lawrence Epstein at the UFC, we have just returned from a trip to Africa, where we are discussing staging our first-ever UFC event. So more to come on that…”
UFC has a show scheduled in Doha, Qatar on November 21st, and then they’ll be in Riyadh in December.
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