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00:00Explain, this is not the typical UFC fight, this is kind of an homage to Mexico.
00:08Yeah, so this is what I call my love letter to Mexico.
00:11I used to be a huge boxing fan growing up, and a white kid from America, my favorite
00:18boxer was Julio Cesar Chavez.
00:22When you think about their contributions to combat sports, some of the baddest dudes that
00:27have ever walked the face of the earth have been Mexican.
00:30And I love their culture, when you think about their history, and the thing about the Mexican
00:36people, the Mexican people are very proud, they're looked at as hard workers, they'll
00:41work hard every week, and when they get their paycheck, they spend their money to support
00:45other Mexicans.
00:46Whether it's sports, the beer they drink, fights, music, the list goes on and on.
00:53So this whole night is going to be, you know, pay tribute to the Mexican people and their
00:59history, their heritage, their culture, their traditions.
01:03And their fighters.
01:04Yeah, and their fighters.
01:06So Dana, for people who haven't been in the sphere, explain how this is laid out, because
01:14the ring is, the octagon is going to be on the floor, so that's the U2 concert.
01:19So you can see all the stages there, I guess the octagon is going to be roughly in that
01:23same position there?
01:24Right where it is, it's exactly, now think about this, now look at that image, right?
01:28That's where the octagon is, and you see there are little lighting poles there?
01:32So that's not enough lighting for UFC.
01:35So for 30 years, the UFC has had that center hung that goes above the cage, and inside
01:41that is the lighting, there's cameras in there, there's microphones, audio, all of that goes
01:48away.
01:49So this is exactly what it's going to look like there.
01:51So not only did we have to come in and figure out how to pull off an event there, the first
01:56thing we had to figure out is, how do you light this thing?
01:59How do we light it?
02:01So my team is the best in all of sports when it comes to production, and they absolutely
02:08nailed this thing.
02:09Last night, I was in the sphere at 2 o'clock in the morning doing our rehearsals, and last
02:15night was the first night that I've seen the full show live.
02:19And guys, I'm telling you, it's incredible.
02:22Now all the elements are there, the two things that need to happen on Saturday night, we
02:27need to execute and pull off everything that we're trying to do, and the fighters got to
02:32go in and deliver.
02:33When those two things happen, I guarantee you this, everybody that walks out of that
02:37arena on Saturday night is going to go, that is the greatest thing that I have ever seen
02:42in my life.
02:43Wow.