Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry joins Going Ringside to discuss the UFC relationship he's developed during his term along with other fighting leagues like All Elite Wrestling.
. The main event pits American Josh Emmett vs. Ilia Topuria from the country of Georgia. Also, former Jacksonville Jaguar Austen Lane makes his pro fighting debut against Justin Tafa from New Zealand. Both Emmett and Lane sit down to speak with us on this episode of “Going Ringside”.
The fights that were of note were in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020 there was a fight in Jacksonville but no crowd. But the city and UFC made even more headlines in 2021 when they played for a packed house at the Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville when there was still no indoor events around the country. “Everyone said no in 2020,” added Curry. “He came back here first because we said yes. Once we said yes in 21 guess what started happening.
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