Fight Island

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Fight Island is a series of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts events held on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2020 and 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dana White stated that the events were intended as a workaround for travel restrictions tied to the COVID-19 pandemic, which had been preventing some international fighters from entering the United States. White initially referred to the proposed site as a "private island" or "fight island".[1][2]

Until 2021, all Fight Island events were held behind closed doors in the du Forum; a bio-secure bubble was established, which consisted of a "safe zone" comprising hotels, training facilities, the beach, and restaurants.[3] All participants and staff were required to test negative for SARS-CoV-2 multiple times before traveling to or entering the bubble, and individuals entering the arena were required to go through disinfecting "mist tunnels".[4] As the events were closed to the public, they were scheduled for U.S. primetime hours rather than local time, with UFC 251's preliminaries beginning at 2:00 a.m. Gulf Standard Time.[5]

John Oliver suggested on Last Week Tonight that the name "Fight Island" was inspired by a suggestion made by a TMZ reporter one week before the trademark was filed.[6] Shortly after Oliver had suggested various alternative names for the island including "UF-Sea",[7] Zuffa registered "UFSEA" as a trademark.[8]

Beginning with UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar on January 16, 2021, the UFC moved its Fight Island events to Yas Island's newly-opened Etihad Arena, capped at 2,000 of its 18,000-seat capacity. They were the first UFC events open to the public since the onset of the pandemic.[9][10][11]

Events

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See also: List of UFC events
Event Date Venue Ref.
UFC 251: Usman vs. Masvidal Jul 12, 2020 du Forum [12]
UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige Jul 16, 2020 [13]
UFC Fight Night: Figueiredo vs. Benavidez 2 Jul 19, 2020 [14]
UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till Jul 26, 2020 [15]
UFC 253: Adesanya vs. Costa Sep 27, 2020 [16]
UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana Oct 4, 2020 [17]
UFC Fight Night: Moraes vs. Sandhagen Oct 11, 2020 [18]
UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie Oct 18, 2020 [19]
UFC 254: Khabib vs. Gaethje Oct 24, 2020 [20]
UFC on ABC: Holloway vs. Kattar Jan 16, 2021 Etihad Arena [21]
UFC on ESPN: Chiesa vs. Magny Jan 20, 2021 [22]
UFC 257: Poirier vs. McGregor 2 Jan 24, 2021 [23]
UFC 267: Błachowicz vs. Teixeira Oct 30, 2021
UFC 280: Oliveira vs. Makhachev Oct 22, 2022


See also

References

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