Former Final Combating Championship (UFC) flyweight Geane Herrera, who additionally competed for Naked Knuckle Combating Championship (BKFC), was killed in a motorbike crash final weekend in Tampa, Fla., after placing the again of a car and being thrown “a number of hundred ft,” in line with MMA Junkie.
Herrera, who was simply 33 years previous, was pronounced lifeless on the scene.
“Geane leaves behind a 16 year-old son, his 3-month pregnant girlfriend, mom, father, sisters, a brother and a household that loves him and can deeply miss him,” his household wrote on GoFundMe. “Geane was lively, at all times attempting to dwell life to the fullest, he was a devoted athlete with huge desires of creating a distinction and leaving his print on this world. He was such a contented go fortunate person who left a mark in everybody that got here into his life.”
“Geane was an American blended martial artist competing within the Flyweight division. He competed primarily for regional organizations within the Southeastern United States the place he amassed an undefeated report of 8–0, earlier than signing with the UFC in 2014 after which in 2019 joined the BKFC. He gained a number of fights misplaced some others however each time it doesn’t matter what occurred at all times had a optimistic outlook to life and his craft. He was a devoted sportsman that sadly due to an harm was unable to maintain preventing professionally.”
Herrera (10-3) was simply 1-3 in 4 fights contained in the Octagon, parting methods with the promotion following a unanimous determination loss to Ben Nguyen at UFC Melbourne again in late 2016. “La Pulga” would later hyperlink up with BKFC, stopping Abdiel Velazquez by the use of technical knockout in summer season 2021.
