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Canberra coach Ricky Stuart says the fate of his two star playmakers is out of his hands, but hes got his fingers crossed both will feature in Saturdays NRL semi-final.Stuart expects to know by Thursday whether five-eighth Blake Austin will be fit for the do-or-die clash with Penrith at GIO Stadium, while the wait will be a little longer for hooker Josh Hodgson.Austin had his first full training session on Wednesday night since breaking his left hand and undergoing surgery.The exciting No.6 has been confident all week that he will be ready to play this weekend, but Stuart is a bit more cautious.Its going to be how he pulls up over the next 24 hours that will probably make the decision for us, Stuart said.Hodgson didnt train with the squad on Wednesday night, with Stuart agreeing with his rakes assessment on Tuesday that his chances of playing were slim.The rake suffered ligament damage to his ankle during Saturdays qualifying final on Saturday night.Hes improving, slowly, he said.Weve all got our fingers crossed that hopefully hell play.Ill take whatever (risk) I believe is fair to the team.Stuart said not having either or both would be a massive blow for the Raiders, who are chasing their first preliminary final berth in the NRL era.They finished the regular season with 10 wins on the trot, but fell to Cronulla 16-14 on Saturday at home to force them into a sudden death showdown with the in-form Panthers.The club played just two night games in their winning streak, giving Stuart reason to hold a session under lights on Wednesday to get a feel of the potentially dewy conditions expected this weekend.The former champion halfback said his men have been quick to get over the disappointment of losing to the Sharks and are ready to make the most of their second chance.Theres been a huge cultural shift here over the last 10 weeks in the club, he said.Getting close used to be good enough, where now we expect to win.Its a massive culture shift for the club and if I can take anything out of this season, thats it.Around 20,000 tickets have been sold for the match, but Stuart is tipping a bumper crowd of around 25,000. 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After all, cards that feature McGregor have yielded three of top five gates in UFC history.But, judging from whats available on Ticketmaster for the UFC 202 card that McGregor is headlining, recouping that loss is going to be a long shot.More than 2,700 tickets still havent been sold with three days to go before McGregor fights Nate Diaz in a rematch at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. That means roughly 14 percent of the arena hasnt been sold. The majority of those tickets are the premium, high-priced seats in the lower bowl, closest to the octagon.Roger Jones of Vegas Tickets, among the biggest resellers of UFC tickets, says the main factor is the new T-Mobile Arena. Having a permanent venue that is not tied to a casino, Jones said, has allowed people who wanted premium tickets to reserve them ahead of time. That means there are fewer people and companies looking for the best seats on an event-by-event basis.Its affecting everything in this arena, including concerts, Jones said. If you are Turner Construction, a big company here, youve already purchased your suite. Even a guy who has a business with decent presence in Las Vegas isnt looking around for seats at the last minute because he already got club-seat rights.Thats why, Jones said, the premium seats for UFC 202 arent selling.Jones also says he believes the UFC has overpriced most of the seats, which range from $365 to $9,995. His company, to sell its inventory, is reselling the $365 seats for $250 and seats priced at $2,950 for $1,800.Patrick Ryan, co-founder of Eventellect, a secondary market ticket distribution company, agrees.What it appears the UFC has done is to raise prices to match past prices on the secondary market, so that they dont leave money on the table, Ryan said.dddddddddddd But when brokers dont think they can make the margin on your tickets, they dont buy and that contributes to lost buzz.Ryan said the WWE is willing to leave some money on the table for the resellers, which is why, he says, approximately 5,000 seats have been resold for SummerSlam in Brooklyn this weekend and fewer than 1,200 have been resold for UFC 202.WWE, he says, rarely heads into marquee pay-per-view events with so much available inventory the week of the show, whereas that has started to become commonplace for UFC.A UFC spokesman declined to speculate on the ticket situation. Due to higher ticket prices, Saturdays event will still generate more than $7 million in live gate and might qualify as the fifth-largest ticket sales revenue event in UFC history (UFC 200 did $10.7 million). Factoring in UFC 202, recent events in Las Vegas dating back to December will still have pulled in more than $40 million at the gate.Its worth noting that the percentage of fans traveling from international markets, notably the United Kingdom and Ireland, is down. McGregors loss to Diaz in their first fight certainly is at play, as well as the frequency of McGregors fights -- many have come over several times in the past 13 months to watch their native son, so perhaps fatigue is setting in.Jones doesnt think all is lost for UFC 202. He says he is counting on a strong walk-up crowd from locals and those who happen to be in Vegas who will be convinced, come this weekend, that the best entertainment they can get will be watching the battles in the octagon. ' ' '