See how the professional athletes of Bellator Mixed Martial Arts responded to the cancelation of Bellator 241 on simply hours’ notification.

About 6 hours prior to Bellator 241 was set to decrease at an empty Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT, the promo made an 11 th-hour statement that the show was delayed.

As first reported by Sean Ross Sapp, Bellator authorities elected to put the nix on the event thanks to the Coronavirus. It is simply the current of lots of sporting occasions and leagues that have actually canceled or stopped strategies today.

“The health and safety of everyone involved have, and will remain, our top priority as we move forward,” Coker stated in a tweet. “After carefully monitoring the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Bellator MMA has chosen to postpone this evening’s Bellator 241 event at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.”

We would like to say sorry to our professional athletes and fans, in addition to our broadcast partner DAZN, however we feel this is the very best decision to be made at this time.

— Scott Coker (@ScottCoker) March 13, 2020

Coker later on added that all fighters, authorities, judges, cutmen and “additional personnel” were compensated in spite of the event’s last-minute cancelation.

Bellator 241 was set up to be headlined by Patricio “Pitbull” Freire safeguarding the Bellator featherweight championship versus Pedro Carvalho. The co-main event was set to be Daniel Weichel vs. Emmanuel Sanchez. Both battles would have marked the final 2 quarterfinal bouts in the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix.

Other contests set up for Bellator 241 consisted of Matt Mitrione vs. Ronny Markes, Paul Daley vs. Sabah Homasi and Nick Newell vs. Zachary Zane.

See how some members of the Bellator family responded to the occasions of the day.

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SBG WILL GET TO SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY Hello everyone, I’m sad to inform you all that my fight is not happening tonight. For safety reasons @bellatormma has cancelled the event tonight due to the coronavirus pandemic. I hope everyone stays safe and this stops affecting us soon so we can get back into action and doing what we love. I’m grateful to Bellator, @therealscottcoker, @mikekogan @rich_chou and everyone that makes the organization for taking care of us and handling this situation in the best way they can. The training never stops, I’ll be ready and waiting for the next opportunity. #bellator241 ???????? A SBG VAI PODER SOBREVIVER MAIS UM DIA Fala, galera, infelizmente minha luta não ocorrerá essa noite. Por motivos de segurança o @bellatormma cancelou o evento dessa noite devido a pandemia do coronavírus. Espero que todos fiquem seguros e isso pare de nos afetar em breve para podermos voltar à ação e fazer o que amamos. Fico agradecido ao Bellator, Scott, Mike, Rich e todos que fazem parte da organização por se preocuparem conosco e por lidar com essa situação da melhor forma que podem. O treino nunca para, vou estar pronto e esperando a próxima oportunidade.

A post shared by Patricio Freire Official (@patriciopitbull) on Mar 13, 2020 at 3: 14 pm PDT

It’s with big unhappiness that I reveal that the show of today was delayed due to the fact that of the existing occasions. Since quicker or later on I’ll get what is mine.I really do not understand what else to state right now, I’m totally ravaged however at the very same time keeping the focus. Much love pic.twitter.com/yOqnoozuq4

— Pedro Carvalho (@PCarvalhoMMA) March 13, 2020

I enjoy hearing @BellatorMMA compensated the fighters after the post ponement of tonight’sevent I’m with the ideal business

— Grand Slam Champ Cris Cyborg (@criscyborg) March 13, 2020

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Athletes are speaking out and showing their love and support for @bellatormma and how they have handled this situation under these circumstances… Athlete’s safety come a first . . Posted @withregram • @patriciopitbull SBG WILL GET TO SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY Hello everyone, I’m sad to inform you all that my fight is not happening tonight. For safety reasons @bellatormma has cancelled the event tonight due to the coronavirus pandemic. I hope everyone stays safe and this stops affecting us soon so we can get back into action and doing what we love. I’m grateful to Bellator, @therealscottcoker, @mikekogan @rich_chou and everyone that makes the organization for taking care of us and handling this situation in the best way they can. The training never stops, I’ll be ready and waiting for the next opportunity. #bellator241 ???????? A SBG VAI PODER SOBREVIVER MAIS UM DIA Fala, galera, infelizmente minha luta não ocorrerá essa noite. Por motivos de segurança o @bellatormma cancelou o evento dessa noite devido a pandemia do coronavírus. Espero que todos fiquem seguros e isso pare de nos afetar em breve para podermos voltar à ação e fazer o que amamos. Fico agradecido ao Bellator, Scott, Mike, Rich e todos que fazem parte da organização por se preocuparem conosco e por lidar com essa situação da melhor forma que podem. O treino nunca para, vou estar pronto e esperando a próxima oportunidade.

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That’s a boss

— sinead kavanaghKO (@sineadkavanagh0) March 13, 2020

S/o to @BellatorMMA for how they have actually managed this circumstance. Compensating the fighters this weekend. I’m so happy to be apart of this business!

— Kyle Crutchmer (@KyleCrutchmer) March 13, 2020

There are no existing strategies in location on when this card, or any of its battles, will be rescheduled.

The UFC is set up to happen with tomorrow’s UFC Brasilia event, albeit in front of an empty arena and in an earlier time slot than set up. In addition, next week’s UFC London is currently set up to go as prepared however the March 28 UFC Columbus and April 11 UFC Portland cards have actually been transferred to the UFC Peak in Las Vegas, NV.

For more details about COVID-19, go to the CDC’s website or the website for your state’s Department of Health.

Next: Here’s how the UFC and Bellator are dealing with coronavirus

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