UFC 306 was an extravagant affair with Dana White spending $20 million on the show and bringing in the best Hollywood directors to curate short films about Mexico’s fighting heritage. The event celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day took place at The Sphere in Las Vegas and exceeded expectations. The six films on ended up winning the UFC two Emmy awards! So for this year’s Mexico’s Independence Day celebrations, the pressure is at an all-time high. Will Dana White be able to surpass what he did at UFC 306?

Well, the business mogul and UFC CEO has faced many troubles with last-minute fight cancellations and venue changes before. This time, however, the problem isn’t internal but external. His collaboration with Turki Alalsheikh for a boxing promotion under the TKO banner had many fans surprised. The Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford super fight was the debut event for the launch of this new promotion. However, tides turned on White as the GEA Chairman announced that White and TKO were out of the agreement, and it was Sela for Riyadh Season, who would exclusively promote that fight.

Now the problem is that this boxing mega fight is scheduled to take place on the 13th of September. This clashes directly with his planned date for UFC 320. The bossman is bringing UFC 320 to Guadalajara at the new Arena Guadalajara, but the venue officials recently reported that there will be a delay in its opening. 

As per the Instagram page ClockednLoaded, “UFC 320 may not be held at Arena Guadalajara in Mexico after construction delays have caused all events held through September 6th to be postponed to later dates. UFC 320 may move from Mexico to the USA after construction delays force the arena in Guadalajara to cancel events through September 6th.”

The venue had to cancel many events, including a concert by the Mexican pop band Reik on May 23rd. Meanwhile, the appearance of the Harlem Globetrotters on May 24th was cancelled, and the farewell tour of the luchador and political activist El Hijo del Santo on May 25th was also cancelled. However, there might be a solution to this issue, and we might get to experience a mega event for UFC 320.

The UFC executives are confident about UFC 320 as Dana White plans possible fights

UFC Senior VP of International and Content, David Shaw, handled the reporters in a press conference to clarify the plans for UFC 320. David Shaw said, “We’ve been in constant contact with them, enough so to be able to announce tonight. If we weren’t confident, we wouldn’t be announcing the fight.”

Moreover, rumors are swelling that Alexander Volkanovski will defend his belt against Mexico’s Yair Rodriguez in a rematch. They first clashed at UFC 290, which ended in a TKO victory of Volkanovski.

Meanwhile, there’s another rumor doing the rounds that former welterweight champ Leon Edwards could be matched up against Michael Morales in the same event. Full Violence shared the update, stating, “Leon Edwards vs. Michael Morales is in the works for UFC 320 in Guadalajara. UFC has approached both with the fight. Huge for Morales if it comes to fruition.” 

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We have to wait and see what venue the UFC brass plan for UFC 320. Meanwhile, tell us your predictions for the matchups at this event!