According to UFC President Dana White, the organization could finally host an event at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Texas.
The UFC boss has been obsessed over the thought of hosting in the venue since attending a boxing match featuring Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito last year.
“We’ve been talking to (Cowboys owner) Jerry Jones for a while about doing a fight there,” White told reporters during a UFC 136 post-fight press conference. “It’s just got to be the right fight,” he added.
And the right fight could possibly be an anticipated rematch between UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen. Sonnen was awarded the opportunity to face Silva following his decisive victory over Brian Stann this past weekend. After the bout, Sonnen challenged the Brazilian, much to the pleasure of the crowd, and even offered to put his career on the line.
When asked about the possibility of setting up a title bout to headline Cowboys Stadium, White was optimistic about the idea.
“I think it could,” he said. “I think we could do a big, big venue for that one.”
The UFC is no stranger to breaking records, as they set a new attendance record for UFC 129, headlined by Georges St-Pierre and Jake Shields, holding over 55,000 fans at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
Cowboys Stadium holds approximately 110,000 seats, and after failing to attract a bigger venue on the company’s recent trip to Brazil for UFC 134, White said they won’t make the same mistake.
“We didn’t nail that one, but we won’t make that mistake twice,” he said.
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