If Gov. Josh Green has his way, Hawaii’s New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District (NASED) will play host to UFC, but not until at least March 2029, when the multi-purpose stadium is slated to be open for business.
Green met with UFC president Dana White and UFC BMF champion and Waianae’s own Max Holloway last week on Maui for a donation to assist wildfire survivors, and discussed hosting a UFC event in the Aloha State for the first time.
“We want to bring UFC to Hawaii. We’ve also talked to some of the benefactors of the UFC to do that,” Green told a Hawaii television station. “It’s not just going to be one fight. What we’d like to do is a partnership with UFC, where we can perhaps bring a training facility like they have in Las Vegas to the stadium district. I think it’s a very good pla