Rob Tringali
ESPN
The bloody life of a UFC Octagon
Think about what the UFC Octagon is and has been. From UFC 1 in 1993 to UFC 316 in 2025, every fighter and fight has taken place in essentially the same circumstances -- the same surface, the same fence, the same conditions. It's the equivalent of if the NFL had one domed field that every team ever played on, or if all MLB games happened at Fenway. One crew works tirelessly to bring the ring to life for each and every fight and it's crowd.
