According to a report from Mexico's "Universo" on February 26th cited by the Global Times, on the evening of February 24th local time, during an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) match held in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, the audience staged a "full martial arts show" ”, stealing the limelight from the boxers.
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reported that the fight in the audience suddenly occurred during the game. Not only did the melee in the audience not affect the players on the stage, it was even more intense than on stage. The video showed that a spectator who was punching to scare others was knocked down by a left hook from another spectator as he backed away. Subsequently, the crowd gradually separated, forming a confrontation.
The president of UFC, who was at the scene, said in an interview that the situation at the time was very "crazy", but this was a UFC game, and such an incident would not "lose face" to the event. Netizens also focused on this game. Regarding the fights in the audience, some said that although someone was knocked unconscious with one punch, which proves the disparity in strength between the two parties, the guy who made the sneak attack was really "too ungrateful".
Similar incidents occurred in the World Cup qualifiers before.
On November 22 last year, the sixth round of the South American region of the United States, Canada and Mexico World Cup qualifiers ushered in the "South America Derby". The Argentina team led by Messi challenged the Brazilian team away from home. However, before the game started, large-scale conflicts broke out between fans of the two teams, with fists and kicks exchanged in the stands, and many fans even clashed with on-site security personnel.
At the time, players from both Argentina and Brazil tried to appease the fans. Messi led the Argentinian players to climb over the billboard and stepped forward to dissuade them, but failed. The report mentioned that when he saw fans fighting at the scene, Messi said: "No more playing, let's go, we have to leave." Afterwards, the Argentina team returned to the locker room.
After the game was postponed for nearly half an hour, the scene finally returned to calm and the game was able to proceed normally. In the end, Argentina won the game 1-0.
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