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UFC denies Zuckerberg rumours despite star's claims - CtrlF.XYZ

UFC denies Zuckerberg rumours despite star's claims

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The UFC is holding its adjacent combat amusement without fans oregon media successful attendance, and the mixed martial arts promotion isn't saying why.

The UFC volition signifier a 13-bout combat nighttime paper astatine the Apex Gym connected its firm field successful Las Vegas connected Sunday (AEST), but nary fans oregon reporters volition beryllium there.

The UFC has held regular televised cards astatine the tiny gym since the commencement of the coronavirus pandemic, but has typically allowed successful groups of fans and media representatives.

Strawweight Mackenzie Dern, who is warring Yan Xioanan successful the main event, said astatine a media availability this week that Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook co-founder and Meta main enforcement officer, has "rented retired the full event." Zuckerberg is simply a well-known MMA instrumentality who has trained successful the sport.

"I cognize he'll beryllium there," Dern said. "But I don't cognize if it's just, like, virtually him and his wife, if he's going to person friends, oregon if it's conscionable similar a tiny party.

"I don't know. I'm excited, and that conscionable makes maine much driven to enactment connected a bully show. I cognize everyone's watching connected TV, but for Mark and whoever's gonna beryllium there, I'll enactment connected a show. That's what they privation to see, is simply a show. Then we're going to springiness a show."

UFC President Dana White has refused to denote a crushed for the closure erstwhile asked successful caller days, but helium went connected Twitter to contradict that Zuckerberg has booked the full Apex gym for himself.

A UFC spokesperson declined to remark erstwhile asked by The Associated Press, alternatively referring to an email sent to regular MMA reporters announcing the closure without a reason. Reporters are allowed to screen the authoritative weigh-in, but not the fights.

ESPN+ is inactive broadcasting the amusement arsenic usual.

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