Even at the outset of fight week, the UFC’s return to the Apex facility from Abu Dhabi already had a sense of snake bite about it. The main event had been rescheduled and three other fighters had withdrawn due to COVID-related concerns. By the time the event wrapped up, with only 16 fighters actually making it to fight night, there could be no doubt,however . UFC Vegas 5 was cursed.
And unfortunately, it seems the man feeling the full brunt of whatever wrathful gods have been angered is former UFC middleweight Eric Spicely.
Spicely had been set to take on Markus Perez on the evening’s prelim card, his first UFC booking in over a year to actually make it to fight week.