It’s been nearly a year since an arena full of fans were in attendance for a UFC event. The last time a full capacity crowd witnessed live fights inside the Octagon was UFC 248 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 7, 2020.
COVID-19 restrictions and precautions have prevented fans from attending live events. The UFC was the first major sports league to return to action, hosting three events in eight days at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida last May… sans fans. And they haven’t stopped.
Since those three events in Florida, all other UFC events have taken place in either in Abu Dhabi or the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. UFC president Dana White is optimistic that full-capacity crowds will be back by the summer.
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Former UFC lightweight champion Frankie Edgar had his quest for the bantamweight belt sidetracked when Cory Sandhagen knocked him out at UFC Vegas 18 last week.
Sandhagen blasted Edgar with a flying knee 28 seconds into their fight. He laid the former champion out cold.
Edgar awoke from the shot, stood for the official result, and walked out of the Octagon. But he didn’t remember any of it.
In a recent interview with ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, Edgar said that he didn’t really start coming around until he was in the back dressing room area of The Apex. Even then, however, he didn’t know what had happend.