The second Triad Combat show from Triller Fight Club will no longer
be taking place at the end of February.
Ariel
Helwani broke the news on Friday that Triad Combat 2 had been
scratched. The event was slated to take place at the Toyota Center
in Houston on Feb. 26, and the Toyota
Center confirmed the fight card is canceled. Per the
organization, the reason for its cancelation came from rising
COVID-19 cases in the Houston area. There is no current date on the
calendar for it to return.
The Triller team released a short statement regarding the
postponement of the fight card on Thursday, writing, “Triller Fight
Club has decided to reschedule the upcoming Triad Combat 2 event
slated for February 26th at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. We
made this hard decision out of an abundance of caution for the
Fight Club athletes and fans of Triad and Jason Aldean; we
determined that, given the current state of the Omicron virus, it
was in our collective interest to postpone this large arena event.
All tickets will be refunded and stay tuned for very exciting news
for where and who will be fighting and rocking our next event!”
Triad Combat 2 is not the only event at the Toyota Center canceled
recently, as concerts for Los Temerarios and The Weeknd will no
longer be taking place at that venue this month. Other shows
including a concert from the band Tool, multiple Houston Rockets
basketball games and UFC 271 are all still on the books in February
and on sale at the arena. The sudden nixing of the fight card drew
speculation online that other reasons contributed to the event’s
postponement, with some fans inquiring whether low ticket sales
played a factor.
The modified rules showcase with MMA fighters facing off against
boxers was first established in November 2021, when the team
representing MMA edged boxers in total head-to-head victories. This
second event was to be captained by Quinton
Jackson on the MMA side and Shannon Briggs for boxers, and six
bouts were booked on its lineup. The headliner was to see highly
touted heavyweight boxer Kubrat Pulev take on ex-UFC champ Junior dos
Santos. Vitor
Belfort vs. Chad Dawson was set as the co-main event, with
Joe
Schilling, Jimmie
Rivera, Sam Sicilia
and Claudia
Zamora repping MMA on the undercard against Armin
Mrkanovic, Samuel Teach, Dakota Linger and Stephanie Han,
respectively.