UFC in Australia

So UFC is coming to Australia and there is huge interest. So much interest that tickets in decent seats sold out in 20mins. I know down here cage fighting is still an underground sport but I didn't realise how widely the UFC was follwed down here.

The Roy Jones Jr v Danny Green bout took like a month for decent seats to sell out.

My question is did the Danny Green v Roy Jones bout have anything to do with UFC brining down there show down here?
ALSO does the UFC have a bigger mainstream following down here than boxing does?

Whatta ya'll think???