Do the Super Bowl on the Moon: UFC and ESPN navigate uncharted waters with UFC 306 at Sphere [Video]

Dana White was so preoccupied with whether or not he could produce a UFC show at Sphere that he didn’t stop to think if he should.

That’s not an actual quote from anybody talking about the UFC CEO — it’s line borrowed from the classic film Jurassic Park — but the idea behind it remains the same as the MMA promotion seeks to put on “greatest live combat sports show anybody has ever seen” for UFC 306 at Sphere in Las Vegas on Saturday.

The $2.3 billion arena that features a 16K resolution wrap around LED screen on the inside, and 580,000 square-feet of LED display on the outside, was built as a venue to house concerts, films and special events but not necessarily sports. White vowed to change all that after he was blown away by his experience at a U2 concert he attended alongside NFL legend Tom Brady.

The challenge White presented to his …