The UFC is the 🧸latest promotion to be affected by the coron♑avirus as this Saturday Night’s UFC Fight Night Brasilia event is reportedly in jeopardy.
🍃That’s because Brazil governor Ibaneis Rocha announced yesterday that sporting events and concerts featuring a large gathering of people will be suspended until March 16, schools have also been clo🐲sed as well.
has spoken with UFC officials and they told the site that they aren’t sure yet how the ban will affect this weekends sꦅhow.
Arena BSB issued the following statement 💦regarding UFC Fight Night Brasilia:
Arena BSB informs tha🔴t became aware of a decree from the Government of the Federal District that restricts public access to sporting and cultural events, and awaits specific positioning regarding the events scheduled for this Saturday: UFC and [a soccer match]. It also clarifies that it will follow all official regulations in order to collaborate with the maintenance of public health.
is also reporting that UFC officials are considering holding the event behind closed doors and with no fans in attendance. This is somethin๊g that One Championship has also done and various wrestling promotions and Japan have do༺ne as well.
Also, another move has been made by the 𒀰UFC as the promotion has decided to cancel today’s media day, with the promotion issuing the folℱlowing statement (via ):
Due to consideration of the government’s decree yesterday, Ultimate Media Day has been cancelled. Content featuring the athletes scheduled to fight in Saturda🎃y’s event will be ꦫcaptured and shared with credentialed media members in advance of the event.
If the event does move on as🗹 an empty arena-🔯like event, it would be the first time that a UFC event took place in that matter.
