UFC star Tom Aspinall has hit out at the UFC decision ahead of UFC 304.
It will be the first time UFC has taken place in the city since UFC 204 was hosted at the Manchester Arena in 2016."We have two champions from the UK and fans have been dying for a UFC PPV event. So here we come to the largest indoor arena in the UK. See you soon, England!"In order to cater for the US audience, the preliminary fights will not begin until 11pm local time, and the main card is not expected to get underway until 3am at the earliest.
Plenty of fans reacted angrily on social media and called for White to make the scheduling more UK fan friendly.British fighter Tom Aspinall, the current Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion, has slammed the late start time. "As a fan who wants to watch it live, I think it is absolutely terrible," Aspinall said while answering fans' questions in a TikTok video.
"I think it's just not fair on the fans, it's not fair on the UK fans. Predominantly, it's an American audience, so I understand they want to sell to them, but why can't they sell to them in the afternoon when it is our evening time." Alex Brotherton is a Sports Trends Writer at SPORTbible. He has previously worked with publications including the Manchester Evening News, GOAL and BBC Sport. He is a football fanatic, but also dabbles in tennis and American football. He enjoys running, cooking and watching non-league football.in Manchester is unfair on the fans: “As a fighter, in all honesty doesn’t make that much difference… As a fan who wants to watch it live, I think it is absolutely terrible.
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