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WWE and UFC announce the main events at Delta Center in Salt Lake City by 2026 WWE and UFC, announce the main events at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City until 2026

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Salt Lake City, Utah – TKO Group Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: TKO), in cooperation with Sports Commission at Utah AND Smith Entertainment Groupofficially announced that three hits WWE and UFC events will take place in Delta Center in Salt Lake City in 2025–2026.

This movement is based on already forceful relations between TKO, the Sports Committee Utah and Smith Entertainment Group, which successfully hosted three more sold out UFC events at Delta Center:

  • UFC 278: Usman vs. Edwards 2 (2022)
  • UFC 291: Poirier vs. Gaethje 2 (2023)
  • UFC 307: Pereira vs. Rountree Jr. (2024)

Together these events generated combined $ 74.1 million of economic influence According to research used in Salt Lake City.

“We can’t say enough about how great partners and hosts of the sports committee Utah and Smith Entertainment Group were for our events,” he said Peter DropickExecutive Vice President for the Development of Events and Operations for TKO. “In recent years, Salt Lake City and Delta Center have become the best place to provide our fans in UFC thrilling, Actions full of UFC and WWE events, and we are excited to continue this relationship by 2026.”

“Our extended partnership with TKO and Smith Entertainment Group offers another opportunity to position Utah as the most critical place for key global sport and entertainment events,” he added Jeff RobbinsPresident and General Director of the Sports Committee in Utah. “Our ability to welcome the critical WWE event in 2025 and again UFC in 2026 is a tribute to our growing sports and entertainment ecosystem in Utah, the state of sport.”

“In each event, TKO hosted Delta Center, captivated fans and brought people from all over the country to Salt Lake City,” he said Chris BarneyPresident for revenues and commercial strategy at the Smith Entertainment Group. “We value our continuation of cooperation with TKO and the Utah sports committee and we are waiting for joint recruitment when these amazing experience take over the Delta Center.”

WWE returns this fall

WWE will take over Salt Lake City Nights at the back of this fall:

  • Friday evening Smackdown – October 31, 2025
  • Main event on Saturday evening – November 1, 2025 (Streaming Live on Peacock at 19:00 et / 16:00 Fri)

Salt Lake City has long been the basis of WWE, organizing events with the best stars such as Cody Rhodes, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch.

Combinational tickets To WWE Doubleheader go on sale Friday, September 5 at 10 am MST by Seatgeek.com. Fans can register in Wwe.com/wweslc2025 At the beginning of access to early access Wednesday, September 3 at 10 am MST.

UFC returns in 2026

After the autumn presentation of WWE, UFC will return to the Delta Center in 2026 with very anticipated numbered event. UFC currently has three best places for The best -paid events in the history of Delta Centerfrom UFC 291 in 2023, still standing as a record of the Arena’s all time.

Additional details, including Combat cards, ticket information and participating WWE starswill be revealed in the coming months.

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UFC Vegas 123 ‘Moicano vs. Nolan’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

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UFC Vegas 123 ‘Moicano vs. Nolan’ play-by-play, results & round scoring

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Ciryl Gane defended from cheater accusations by two former UFC champions: "He wasn’t going for it on purpose"

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Ciryl Gane defended from cheater accusations by two former UFC champions: "He wasn’t going for it on purpose"
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Two former UFC titleholders are coming to the defense of Ciryl Gane amid a cheater label.

Some believe that Gane has bent the rules in his favor in past fights, particularly with eye pokes and illegal strikes. “Bon Gamin†came under fire for his double eye poke foul against Tom Aspinall, who still hasn't fought since Oct. 2025 due to his injuries. Gane was also scrutinized for landing illegal elbows to the back of Alex Pereira's head in their UFC Freedom 250 fight back in June.

While some have called Gane a cheater, former rivals Dominick Cruz and TJ Dillashaw disagree with that notion. During a recent edition of the “Love & War Podcast,†Cruz said that during his fighting days, he'd take the blame himself if he was ever got poked in the eye (via MMAFighting).

“I always said if you can poke me in my f*cking eye, I'm doing something wrong,†Cruz said. “You can punch me in my head. Trying to my head is so f*cking hard, if you can poke me in the eye, that's my problem, so we agree on that and I think that's why he's not a cheater.â€

Dillashaw agreed with Cruz, saying that he thinks people have the wrong idea about Gane over his accidental fouls.

“I don't think he is [a cheater],†Dillashaw said. “It's gotten blown out of the water since the Pereira fight. Obviously, everyone's a Pereira fan and they wanted him to win and they want to call the illegal blows. He wasn't going for it on purpose and Pereira's moving his head as he's hitting those. I think Herb Dean's unfortunately catching a lot of flack as well, too.â€

Gane was promoted as the UFC heavyweight champion due to Aspinall remaining sidelined. He will put his gold at stake against Josh Hokit in the UFC 334 main event on Nov. 14 in New York City.

Do you think the cheater label towards Ciryl Gane is unfair, or have you seen enough fouls to the point where it's justified? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

This article appeared first on BJPENN.COM

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Morning Report: Dominick Cruz, T.J. Dillashaw defend Ciryl Gane against ‘cheater’ accusations

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Morning Report: Dominick Cruz, T.J. Dillashaw defend Ciryl Gane against ‘cheater’ accusations

I don’t know if we’ve collectively come down from the high of UFC 333, but we’ve got APEX action this weekend with Renato Moicano and Tom Nolan headlining UFC Vegas 123.

Moicano vs. Nolan falls into one of 2026’s matchmaking trends, that of the longtime contender vs. the streaking up and comer. When we last saw Moicano, he was snapping a two-fight losing streak with an impressive win over Chris Duncan in the UFC Vegas 115 main event; now, he defends his top 15 spot again against the rising Tom Nolan, who has won five straight fights after a stoppage loss in his UFC debut.

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