It’s been a while since the UFC flirted with the prospect of taking the Octagon to Hawaii. But Dana White teased the possibility once again, that the Octagon could someday head over to the Island state, while fielding questions during the UFC 271 post-fight press conference.
The topic of Hawaii came about after the UFC president mentioned that the promotion still hopes to hold an event in Africa, sometime in the near future—potentially capitalizing on the notoriety of their three champions from the continent: Kamaru Usman, Israel Adesanya and Francis Ngannou.
“There was a politician here tonight,” White exclaimed from the Toyota Center in Houston, TX, “from Hawaii who was saying, ‘You know, we want you guys in Hawaii,’ which we’ve never been able to get done.