I was grossly disappointed when I heard the card for this year's Aussie event. Admittedly, it turned out a lot better than I had anticipated and having the first flyweight bouts was a bonus but even that was undermined by the fact that it wasn't even a numbered UFC event, it was just a Fight Night.
At just under 15,000 attendance, I'm left wondering why Zuffa don't make the move to a bigger arena and put on more significant cards. Australia is an insanely sporting-mad country and it's pretty obvious that we love MMA. Australia could be one of the biggest venues for this sport in the world if only Zuffa would give us a chance.
Melbourne, in particular, has so many stadiums it's literally not funny. A 30,000 seat capacity stadium is readily available and even larger can be had should Zuffa want it. And Melbourne is even more sports-mad than Sydney. We'd eat up an MMA event like it was free-candy thrown from a Mr. Whippy van. Put on a decent card and we'd set the newest record for fastest sellout in UFC history... again.
So come on Zuffa, some respect, give us a bigger event at a larger venue; you won't be disappointed.