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Daily Mirror
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Harry Davies

UFC 286 suffers blackout before fight as fans light up arena with phone torches

The lights went out at The O2 arena as UFC 286 fans were left in darkness just moments before Muhammad Mokaev's fight against Jafel Filho.

Veteran UFC announcer Bruce Buffer had already given his introductions as Mokaev and Filho were about to start their fight on the UFC 286 card, but just moments later all of the lights in the venue went out. Fans were quick to think on their fight and turned on the torches on their phones as a sea of flashlights then formed around the venue.

Normal service resumed about 30 seconds later as the lights came back on which drew a big reaction from the fans, as well as Mokaev and Filho in the cage. Referee Herb Dean got the action underway and Mokaev went on to tap out Filho with just a minute left in the fight after suffering a close submission scare of his own in the round.

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