Fans hoped this mainstream spotlight would set the stage to rival the heydays of the wildly popular McGregor and Ronda Rousey, the judo specialist who incentivized the UFC to develop women’s divisions.
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Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
13 June 2026
Its headliners included Vanilla Ice, the Commodores, Bret Michaels of Poison, Flo Rida, Martina McBride, Milli Vanilli, and the C+C Music Factory—a handful of recognizable acts, albeit ones that had their respective heydays several decades ago.
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