McGregor fight night breaks gate records: ‘Biggest event we have ever done’

“We actually had to add in bleachers in there. It is the biggest event we have ever done in the United States.”

UFC 189, when Ireland's Conor McGregor takes on Chad Mendes in an interim title fight, has broken all previous US gate receipts for a mixed martial arts event.

UFC boss Dana White was interviewed on The Jim Rome Show yesterday, and admitted he had initially feared for the event when McGregor’s original opponent, featherweight champion Jose Aldo,