UFC fans are divided on news about the UFC Apex only one day after the promotion announced a new historic broadcast deal.
Last Monday, UFC boss Dana White announced that the promotion completed a new broadcast deal with Paramount worth $ 7.7 billion, left with the pay-per-view format.
Although, just a few hours after the enormous announcement, White came out with a statement that is disappointing in TKO President Mark Shapiro, and claimed that PPV is 'not dead' and that they can still perform PPV events in the future.
And although the new deal has been extremely well received by the UFC fan base, one of the greatest rivals in White, Jake Paul has wondered if it will actually benefit the hunters.
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UFC Plan Apex extension after historical temporary employment deal
Not long after the but loving deal was announced, the news began to circulate that the promotion is planning to expand the controversial UFC Apex to keep more fans.
Originally, the top only housed a few hundred people and only VIP tickets were sold for events, but they expanded it somewhat and made room for a few more fans.
After securing a guaranteed $ 7.7 billion, there are now conversations for the top to be extended home 5000-10,000 fans, making it feel more like a real arena.
According to the LVSportsbiz, UFC Chief Business Officer Hunter Campbell recently confirmed plans for the expansion, which he believes is a movement that could transform the location of a made TV fightingshub into a boutaic arena that is capable of selected WWE-SPLES, NXT-SPECIALS or Cross-promotional events.
The UFC Apex already organized an NXT event last year, and if there is an extension, it will probably happen much more often, taking into account TKO's ownership of the UFC and WWE.
Hunter Campbell confirmed an extension of the top to house 5000-10,000 fans.
This would be perfect. If they expand, I will not say a blessed word over the top.
We just want to see that the hunters get the chance to fight for a crowd, a good atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/xru0dq1cjl
– Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) 11 August 2025
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Fans divided over the news of Apex extension
Although the expansion would eradicate the most important problem that fans have with the facility, this would probably mean that the promotion will travel even less for events than they already do.
“Can they fill it with low -quality cards? Nobody flies in from the city,” a fan responded.
“F— The. As long as tickets are affordable, then that's good enough! But currently Apex tickets are running between $ 1750-3500 per ticket,” another fan said.
“There is no atmosphere, even if you put 10k people in it. It is a glorified chicken shed,” a third fan said.
At the moment it seems extremely unlikely that the UFC APEX shows will reject, despite the fact that white begged that the amount of Apex shows would reduce.
“10,000 fans at a location as small as the top would sound incredible to be honest,” another fan claimed.
“I don't look at Apex Fights, it's so terrible,” called a fifth fan.