Top 5 Biggest UFC Arenas, Circuits And Stadiums in the World: After the most popular UFC Arenas in the world, take a look at the biggest UFC arenas by capacity as well.
Over the years, UFC pay-per-view fights have grabbed tremendous headlines and have broken multiple records as per the published accounts on the internet. However, these grand UFC fights not only are a hit on television but also are jam packed within the arena. Also to Justifying the same, in this article we will take a look at the top 5 biggest UFC arenas in the world and what event did they cover.
Top 5 Biggest UFC Arenas And Stadiums In the World
T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, United States)
Arena Capacity- 20,000
One of the most popularly used arena in the UFC, which is known as Conor McGregoe’s unofficial home ground. Rightly so, this arena has seen the rise of the Notorious One until he faces Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov which was attended by a fully jam packed crowd filing each and every seat with a capacity of 20,000.
Khabib and McGregor’s brawl after the fight ensured enough entertainment was served to all those present in the arena. Having said that, T-Mobile Arena stands at #5 in this list.
Mexico City Arena (Azcapotzalco, Mexico City, Mexico)
Arena Capacity- 22,300
This indoor arena officially opened on February 25, 2012 with a whopping incurred cost of $300 Million. However, on June 13, 2015, this arena hosted the fight between Velasquez vs Werdum as the main event of UFC 188.
With a highly hyped fight on the cards, spectators ensured that they don’t miss out as the attendance was 21,036 as per Wikipedia.
Ball Centre (Montreal, Canada)
Arena Capacity- 23,500
This was formerly known as Malson Centre and it opened on March 16, 1996. After being under construction for 3 years. However it hosted the UFC 124 fight between George St.Pieree and Koscheck 2 on December 11, 2010 which was attendant by 23,152 spectators.
Olympic Stadium (Moscow, Russia)
Arena Capacity- 35,000
This indoor arena was originally built for the 1980 Summer Olympics. Thenk was divided by two seperate halls, one which hosted basketball and the other boxing. One of the last events Olympic Stadium hosted was the event of UFC Fight Night. Hunt vs Oleinik on September 15, 2018 which was attended by 22,603 spectators.
Saitama Super Arena (Saitama, Japan)
Arena Capacity- 33,500
Although this arena could arguably be the world’s biggest, yet as of now it stands as second. In 2012, on February 26 it hosted the UFC 144 fight between Edgar vs Henderson which was attended by 22,500 spectators.