{"id":171737,"date":"2025-09-27T02:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171737\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T02:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:16:06","slug":"carlos-ulberg-dominick-reyes-brush-off-concerns-over-ufc-perth-ticket-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/171737\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Ulberg, Dominick Reyes Brush Off Concerns Over UFC Perth Ticket Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> PERTH, Australia \u2014 UFC light heavyweight contenders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/mma\/players\/carlos_ulberg\/911722\" class=\"yard_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carlos Ulberg<\/a> and Dominick Reyes aren\u2019t sweating reports that their UFC Fight Night 260 main event has struggled to sell tickets. <\/p>\n<p>Ulberg (12-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) and Reyes (15-4 MMA, 9-4 UFC) headline Saturday\u2019s card at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia, in a pivotal clash that could shape the next wave of title contenders at 205 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Australia\u2019s 7 News reported that sluggish demand forced discounts on tickets. UFC executive Dave Shaw downplayed the concerns, and the headliners echoed that confidence Friday at the pre-fight press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUlberg: AFL Finals Are the Real Competition<\/p>\n<p>Ulberg suggested that the card\u2019s ticket sales might be competing with one of the country\u2019s biggest sporting events: the AFL grand finals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot at all, I think you\u2019re competing with the AFL grand finals as well, so that\u2019s a big thing and here in Perth, they follow it religiously,\u201d Ulberg said. \u201cThat\u2019s something we\u2019re definitely competing with, but it\u2019s massive on its own as you can see right now. Every time we fight here in Perth or when I\u2019ve witnessed fights here in Perth, it\u2019s always been electric, it\u2019s always been massive. When the day comes, it\u2019s all going to happen, it\u2019s going to come together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes: \u201cYou Don\u2019t Want to Miss This Fight\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reyes kept it simple, saying that the product in the octagon should speak for itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean if you don\u2019t want to see a badass fight, you\u2019re going to miss it,\u201d Reyes said. \u201cSo, you guys better get your tickets and get ready to watch the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStakes at Light Heavyweight<\/p>\n<p>The Reyes-Ulberg showdown comes at a critical time for the light heavyweight division. Champion Magomed Ankalaev defends his belt in a rematch against Alex Pereira at UFC 320 on Oct. 4 in Las Vegas, while Jiri Prochazka also returns on that same card against Khalil Rountree.<\/p>\n<p>A statement win in Perth could put either Reyes or Ulberg at the front of the contender line making Saturday\u2019s event less about ticket sales and more about who seizes the opportunity inside the cage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PERTH, Australia \u2014 UFC light heavyweight contenders Carlos Ulberg and Dominick Reyes aren\u2019t sweating reports that their UFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-171737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}