{"id":203620,"date":"2016-09-09T06:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=203620"},"modified":"2016-09-09T06:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T13:51:56","slug":"ufc-204-sells-6-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-204\/ufc-204-sells-6-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 204 Sells out in 6 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this year, England’s Michael Bisping shocked the world by flattening Luke Rockhold to win the UFC middleweight crown<\/a>. From there, logic suggested the Brit would defend his title in a rematch with Rockhold, or against another top-flight middleweight in Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza or Yoel Romero.<\/p>\n

Instead, the next middleweight title shot was awarded to a 46-year-old Dan Henderson. The aging vet will take on Bisping in Manchester, England, in the main event of UFC 204<\/a> this October 8.<\/p>\n

Though Henderson did pull off a fantastic knockout of Hector Lombard<\/a> in his last bout, his getting the shot can be attributed almost entirely to the fact that he scored one of the most iconic knockouts ever over Bisping back in 2009. While fans were not crazy about the ranking system being thrown out the window for this bout, the UFC clearly believed this rematch’s built-in revenge storyline would sell.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, they were correct.<\/p>\n

Early this morning, the UFC opened up ticket sales for this highly-anticipated event. 6 minutes later, they were sold out.<\/p>\n

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Manchester's UFC 204 sold out in just 6 minutes, the promotion announced this AM. Congrats to @bisping<\/a>. Well deserved.<\/p>\n

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) September 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n