UFC Fans Nearly Fell on Mike Malott As Rail Collapsed During UFC 289 Walkout in Vancouver
Mike Malott fought Adam Fugitt at UFC 289 in Vancouver on Saturday night. During Malott's entrance, a rail collapsed and a number of fans fell. It happened right after Malott walked past that part of the stands and was shown on the live pay-per-view broadcast.
Here’s footage (on the jumbo screen) of a railing failing at the stands #UFC289, looks like people trying to get close to Mallot might’ve been too much for it, several of them fell pic.twitter.com/XJNRa1lErC
— Rodrigo Del Campo González (@RodDelCampo) June 11, 2023
UPDATE: Here's a video from a fan that really shows how close this was to disaster.
Railing collapses #UFC289 pic.twitter.com/ffFaHdomfY
— Taner (@TanerFrank) June 11, 2023
The rail collapses as this @ufc fighter walks out pic.twitter.com/82g6UpVIXm
— Matt Hixson (@matthixson) June 11, 2023
Barricade apparently collapsed at UFC 289 causing multiple fans to fall to the floor 😱 #UFC289 pic.twitter.com/9Mdvn57Ano
— bjpenndotcom (@bjpenndotcom) June 11, 2023
The night simply continued with Malott defeating Fugitt via guillotine choke in the second round. It sounds like no one was seriously injured, which would be great news.
The UFC and Rogers Arena are lucky that no fans or fighters got hurt here. Something similar happened not that long ago when fans fell out of the stands at FedEx Field and nearly landed on Jalen Hurts.