UFC

One of the things I’m doing out here is visiting with the UFC.

View from the VIP gallery.


Because this is Vegas, all the steel I-beams are actually wood. 

The blood stains are real. 

Pretty impressive operation. They have a great gym at the Apex, but it’s the spare: the real training center is across the street, and has doctors and nutritionists and all kinds of support elements. 

4 comments:

Assistant Village Idiot said...

Surprisingly, bsking is a very big fan, though bigger of WWE.

Grim said...

Well it turns out the same people own both! I used to enjoy that when it was WWF, back in the Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage years.

douglas said...

The architect in me loves that you checked, although that "connection" is a joke- perhaps a clever admission to the knowing. Makes me chuckle.

Grim said...

I was deeply amused by it. The octagon you see in the photo is also fake, by the way: it was set up for a Bud Light commercial they were filming that day, and differs in a few ways from the real one in order to improve things for the camera angles they wanted. Apparently trying to resuscitate Bud Light is a project UFC has taken on (as Harley Davidson did, briefly and ineffectively; and Trump, also ineffectively). I'm guessing Bud Light is paying well for help in getting its old audience to give it a second chance. Maybe next time dance with those that brung you, Bud.