The Octagon was on the road again last weekend where permanent effects have influenced various key figures.
On March 29, the UFC returned to Mexico City, where Brandon Moreno took a step in the direction of the flying weight title by beating Steve Erceg in the main event.
One of the biggest fighting on the map was unfortunately canceled on late notification after Joe Pyfer fell bad hours before the event started.
This led Pyfer promised that he will never return to Mexico City, making him completely clear that he was not impressed during his short visit.
Although this feeling was seriously contradicted by Drew Dober who participated in the Co-Main event, it seems that Pyfer was not the only one who brought back an unwanted disease from Mexico.
Daniel Cormier says he has been seriously ill since his return from Mexico -Stad
In a recent episode of 'Funky and the Champ', Daniel Cormier returned with Ben Askren to talk about the largest topics in sport.
'DC' appealed to the bat that there was a lot for them to reach and that he was too late for the recording before explaining why.
For the second time (UFC 293 is the first), Cormier made a commentary of three people in Mexico City next to Jon Anik and Laura Sanko.
The promotion certainly delivered a number of great highlights last Saturday evening, but the UFC Hall of Famer does not look back on his journey with positive memories.
Cormier said Askren that he has had to deal with illness since he returned from Mexico and identified the water as the likely cause.
It is safe to say that the former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion may hope to skip this year's Nouch UFC (UFC 320) with the event that will take place in Guadalajara on 13 September.
“Mexico City got the best of my guy. It is bad bro. They told me because it was such a high-end restaurant, they said that every water source in the hotel in the hotel, filtered.
“I am like at a point where I am scared. I have to take antibiotics guy, I don't want to die, you can die from this kind of thing man … I am struggling now so badly, bro, I just lay in my bed like God, please leave, like Mexico City, I can't stand you.”
Mexico City always brings some unique challenges for hunters
Illness has currently been an important talk point in the UFC and although it may not be unique to Mexico city, fighting brings a number of extra challenges at this location.
At 2,240 meters above sea level, athletes must plan far in advance and prepare for the extreme height of fighting in the capital.
Although on March 29 it didn't affect one of the hunters, it is another important factor to consider for every competitor booked for Arena CDMX.
Fortunately for the UFC, Guadalajara is 1,566 meters above sea level and with the new arena of 20,000 capacity Guadalajara that will be completed in the coming months, the Octagon now has another potential destination that will reduce the impact of height.
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