Cejudo on UFC 327 Tickets

Henry Cejudo said before UFC 327 that more than 6,000 tickets were still unsold, putting the Miami pay-per-view’s pricing under fresh scrutiny. (x.com) UFC 327 took place at Kaseya Center in Miami on April 11, 2026, with Jiří Procházka facing Carlos Ulberg for the light heavyweight title. The UFC’s event page listed the arena and fight card, and Kaseya Center is commonly configured for up to about 20,000 for major events. (ufc.com) (sportingnews.com) Ticket listings in the final days before the card showed wide availability and falling resale prices. Gametime listed upper-level seats at $179 to $188 with fees included, while Sporting News reported listed prices starting at $288 and ranging as high as $30,640 through StubHub on March 6. (gametime.co) (sportingnews.com) That gap matters because UFC has used Miami as a premium market, and UFC 327 was built around two title fights: Procházka against Ulberg and Joshua Van against Tatsuro Taira. A softer ticket market for a card like that points fans back to price, not just lineup strength. (sportingnews.com) (ufc.com) Cejudo’s post also landed alongside his criticism of Procházka’s explanation for not getting a finish. In a separate video, Cejudo said Procházka’s “mercy” explanation was “an excuse” and told fighters to “finish the job.” (x.com) Procházka entered UFC 327 as the former Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion and the No. 2-ranked contender, while Ulberg came in on a nine-fight win streak as the No. 3 contender. The title was vacant after Alex Pereira gave it up, which raised the stakes for the main event even before the ticket debate started. (sportingnews.com) The public evidence for Cejudo’s ticket claim is indirect, not official. Secondary-market pages showed many seats still available close to fight night, but the UFC had not publicly released a verified unsold-ticket count in the sources reviewed here. (gametime.co) (seatgeek.com) That left two arguments running at once after the event: one side pointed to premium prices and visible inventory, while the other could note that a major arena card can still draw a large crowd without a full sellout. Cejudo pushed the first case hardest, tying empty-seat talk to what fans were being asked to pay. (x.com) (sportingnews.com) By the time the conversation moved from tickets to Procházka’s post-fight comments, Cejudo had turned UFC 327 into a broader argument about value and urgency. His line on both subjects was the same: if fans are paying top dollar, fighters should deliver a finish and promoters should fill the building. (x.com 1) (x.com 2)