The UFC’s new Apex facility officially opened Tuesday with the third season of Dana White’s Contender Series.
The state-of-the-art facility is expected to not only host MMA events, but other combat sports, as well as concerts and even other sports.
“We have our own facility now, which we can do any style of fighting,” UFC president Dana White said. “We’re getting into all these different businesses. I’ll put kickboxing, jiu-jitsu, boxing, MMA events – all will come out of here and other live venues around the world.”
“We were just limited in the old place,” UFC executive vice president Craig Borsari said. “Just the actual structure of the building, that wasn’t supposed to be a place that we were putting on fights. It was just a warehouse that we expanded upon.”
With everything from higher capacity to sound and lighting, the new venue brings a modern structure and increased production values.
“This place was built and designed for fighting,” White said.
Check out our behind-the-scenes tour of the UFC Apex in the video above.
For more on the UFC’s upcoming schedule, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.
