In the wake of a flurry of canceled sports events, UFC president Dana White announced Thursday that the UFC Fight Night 170 event will proceed in an empty arena.
"Yesterday, the governor of Brazil issued a decree limiting the size of public events, so we are going to do the event live from Brasilia," White said. "You can't have over 100 people there, so we will just have the staff that's running the event inside the arena that night."
The event will take place March 14 in Brasilia, Brazil, with the lightweight bout between Kevin Lee and Charles Oliveira serving as the headliner.