Full
Metal Dojo’s
Fight Circus 3 is off the books for now, but it should be back
again soon.
On Wednesday afternoon, FMD President Jon Nutt posted on his
Facebook account that the event could no longer allow spectators at
the Sea Galleri by Katathani Resort in Phuket, Thailand. Local
regulations prohibited any fans from attending the event, and Nutt
explained that tickets would be refunded and potential attendees
would be barred from entry. Late Thursday night, Nutt made another
announcement: the event was being postponed, but not canceled
outright. Sherdog has confirmed this news with sources close to the
situation.
Nutt explained, “As of last night, when I was doing last night – I
met up with all my people, [a representative] of [the Katathani
Resort], I met up with everybody, and last night we made sure that
we were refunding all the cash, no guests were allowed, nothing was
doing anything, we were taking care of it for COVID and making a
COVID bubble. We were trying our best.
“Unfortunately, again, I have now met with some of my new friends
here, and the show can’t go on,” Nutt stated. “So everybody that
was planning on coming, you don’t need to come. You don’t need to
come. It will probably save us some time and some cash if you don’t
come. We want to do everything with the best interest to provide
good, healthy domestic tourism and international tourism in the
future.
“But unfortunately, my Fight Circus show is on pause – is on pause,
we’re just moving it back…Mr. Brightside. Take care of yourselves,”
the FMD head concluded.
Fight Circus 3 was to be streamed live and free on the CamSoda
platform,
with a wide variety of bouts scheduled throughout the night.
Every bout was to go down under a different ruleset, with matches
ranging from lethwei to muay Thai to more unorthodox options
including “New Generation Siamese Kickboxing” as well as a “Phone
Booth Fight.”