LAS VEGAS — If fans are thinking about bringing the spirit of the World Cup to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the form of a vuvuzela, forget about it.
UFC president Dana White says Wednesday that vuvuzelas the beehive-sounding noisemakers that have become famous during soccer’s biggest event are being banned at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday.
That’s when heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will fight interim belt holder Shane Carwin.
White says vuvuzelas make a “horrific sound,” and he’d rather take a punch in the face than “hear 15,000 people blow on those things.”
White says he expects the crowd will make plenty of noise when the fighters step inside the Octagon.
