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Published 16:32 11 Jul 2015 BST
Updated 16:33 11 Jul 2015 BST
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"#UFC189 has broken every record!" @danawhite says Mendes vs McGregor is now the biggest fight in @UFC history. https://t.co/UzrMWbdX7j
— BT Sport UFC (@btsportufc) July 11, 2015
UFC 100, back in 2009, featured household names such as Georges St-Pierre and Brock Lesnar. It had a 10,671 attendance and took in $5.1m in pay-per-view money.
White also announced plans for a huge UFC 200 event in Vegas for July 2016.
UFC 200 will take place at the soon-to-be-completed MGM-AEG Arena. The 20,000-seater venue is located next to the existing MGM Grand.

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