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data-union-ad></div></div><p>Folks, the prelims have started at UFC Brasilia in front of absolutely fucking nobody...</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/zWdpOOn" href="https://twitter.com/SpinninBackfist/status/1238896786560991233"></a></div></div></div><p>...and it's absolutely fucking electric. Seriously - it's awesome.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5Vpa0Fu" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238905327493447682"></a></div></div></div><p></p><p>It's so echoey in the arena that you could barely make out what the first two fighters' walkout songs were, ring announcer Joe Martinez sorted paused for applause in his first introductions (which there was none of, because nobody is there), and you can hear everything so clearly - punches, kicks, stomps, corner advice, breaths - that the whole event has high school wrestling meet vibes, or - regular early prelim vibes, I suppose! </p><p>I love it, though, and I'm honestly just glad that the <em>ONE THING </em>we have to keep us entertained in these crazy times is <em>MY THING. </em>Feels great to have a ton of eyes on an entire random Fight Night card - and one I think is gonna be pretty damn good, at that.</p><p>Check out my preview blog (which features picks for the gamblers) here…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IwrIRzF" href="https://barstoolbets.com/blogs/2075327/we-got-empty-arena-ufc-at-3pm-get-excited?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>…and check out this KO for shits and giggles…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/XDLYv3F" href="https://twitter.com/Valsdoviccc/status/1238898870798749696"></a></div></div></div><p></p></body></html>

<div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IN3RZzq" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238856089631739904"></a></div></div></div><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/VaRZBrC" href="https://twitter.com/AParadisis/status/1238904098436546561"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>Folks, the prelims have started at UFC Brasilia in front of absolutely fucking nobody...</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/zWdpOOn" href="https://twitter.com/SpinninBackfist/status/1238896786560991233"></a></div></div></div><p>...and it's absolutely fucking electric. Seriously - it's awesome.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5Vpa0Fu" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238905327493447682"></a></div></div></div><p></p><p>It's so echoey in the arena that you could barely make out what the first two fighters' walkout songs were, ring announcer Joe Martinez sorted paused for applause in his first introductions (which there was none of, because nobody is there), and you can hear everything so clearly - punches, kicks, stomps, corner advice, breaths - that the whole event has high school wrestling meet vibes, or - regular early prelim vibes, I suppose! </p><p>I love it, though, and I'm honestly just glad that the <em>ONE THING </em>we have to keep us entertained in these crazy times is <em>MY THING. </em>Feels great to have a ton of eyes on an entire random Fight Night card - and one I think is gonna be pretty damn good, at that.</p><p>Check out my preview blog (which features picks for the gamblers) here…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IwrIRzF" href="https://barstoolbets.com/blogs/2075327/we-got-empty-arena-ufc-at-3pm-get-excited?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><p>…and check out this KO for shits and giggles…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/XDLYv3F" href="https://twitter.com/Valsdoviccc/status/1238898870798749696"></a></div></div></div><p></p>

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href="https://twitter.com/AParadisis/status/1238904098436546561"></a></div></div></div><p>Folks, the prelims have started at UFC Brasilia in front of absolutely fucking nobody...</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/zWdpOOn" href="https://twitter.com/SpinninBackfist/status/1238896786560991233"></a></div></div></div><p>...and it's absolutely fucking electric. Seriously - it's awesome.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5Vpa0Fu" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238905327493447682"></a></div></div></div><p></p><p>It's so echoey in the arena that you could barely make out what the first two fighters' walkout songs were, ring announcer Joe Martinez sorted paused for applause in his first introductions (which there was none of, because nobody is there), and you can hear everything so clearly - punches, kicks, stomps, corner advice, breaths - that the whole event has high school wrestling meet vibes, or - regular early prelim vibes, I suppose! </p><p>I love it, though, and I'm honestly just glad that the <em>ONE THING </em>we have to keep us entertained in these crazy times is <em>MY THING. </em>Feels great to have a ton of eyes on an entire random Fight Night card - and one I think is gonna be pretty damn good, at that.</p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><p>Check out my preview blog (which features picks for the gamblers) here…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IwrIRzF" href="https://barstoolbets.com/blogs/2075327/we-got-empty-arena-ufc-at-3pm-get-excited?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil"></a></div></div></div><p>…and check out this KO for shits and giggles…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/XDLYv3F" href="https://twitter.com/Valsdoviccc/status/1238898870798749696"></a></div></div></div><p></p></body></html>

<div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IN3RZzq" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238856089631739904"></a></div></div><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div></div><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/VaRZBrC" href="https://twitter.com/AParadisis/status/1238904098436546561"></a></div></div></div><p>Folks, the prelims have started at UFC Brasilia in front of absolutely fucking nobody...</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/zWdpOOn" href="https://twitter.com/SpinninBackfist/status/1238896786560991233"></a></div></div></div><p>...and it's absolutely fucking electric. Seriously - it's awesome.</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/5Vpa0Fu" href="https://twitter.com/ufc/status/1238905327493447682"></a></div></div></div><p></p><p>It's so echoey in the arena that you could barely make out what the first two fighters' walkout songs were, ring announcer Joe Martinez sorted paused for applause in his first introductions (which there was none of, because nobody is there), and you can hear everything so clearly - punches, kicks, stomps, corner advice, breaths - that the whole event has high school wrestling meet vibes, or - regular early prelim vibes, I suppose! </p><p>I love it, though, and I'm honestly just glad that the <em>ONE THING </em>we have to keep us entertained in these crazy times is <em>MY THING. </em>Feels great to have a ton of eyes on an entire random Fight Night card - and one I think is gonna be pretty damn good, at that.</p><div id="Article-Ad-Placeholder" data-union-ad></div><p></p><p>Check out my preview blog (which features picks for the gamblers) here…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/IwrIRzF" href="https://barstoolbets.com/blogs/2075327/we-got-empty-arena-ufc-at-3pm-get-excited?utm_source=barstoolsports&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=blog&utm_term=62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil&utm_campaign=barstoolsports_referral_blog_62543_0_empty-arena-ufc-is-off-and-running-in-brazil"></a></div></div></div><p>…and check out this KO for shits and giggles…</p><div class="oembed__wrapper"><div class="iframely-embed" style="max-width:550px"><div class="iframely-responsive" style="padding-bottom:100%"><a data-iframely-url="https://iframely.barstoolsports.com/XDLYv3F" href="https://twitter.com/Valsdoviccc/status/1238898870798749696"></a></div></div></div><p></p>

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