McMann complains of sandy canvas, White agrees
At the UFC Fight Night Bangor, Sara McMann defeated Lauren Murphy by split decision and afterwards cited a ‘sandy’ canvas for several slips in her fight.
At the UFC Fight Night Bangor, Sara McMann defeated Lauren Murphy by split decision and afterwards cited a ‘sandy’ canvas for several slips in her fight:
I didn’t like the canvas, and there’s sand on it, McMann said post-fight. I found sand all over my body and I had a little bit of sand in my eye. I’ve fought on canvases like that before. … I don’t know about the other fighters, but I was really struggling because I use a lot of dynamic movement. I really push hard off my feet when I was standing and then I drive a lot off my toes. I think it got a little bit in my head that I slipped a couple times on my feet. When I was pushing, my legs were slipping out from under me.
When UFC President Dana White was asked about it, he agreed and stated that the company was looking into a couple options to fix the problem.