Former UFC and BKFC fighter Geane Herrera has died.
Herrera, 33, was killed in a bike crash Saturday in Tampa, Fla., after he struck the again of a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Whereas a Florida Freeway Patrol spokesperson wouldn’t launch the bike driver’s identify, his description of the incident corroborates with a number of social media stories, together with posts from people who mentioned they’re Herrera’s members of the family. BKFC, Herrera’s most up-to-date fight sports activities promotion, introduced his dying Sunday.
The Florida Freeway Patrol confirmed to MMA Junkie that the driving force was touring at a “excessive fee of velocity” and was thrown “a number of hundred ft” earlier than the bike burst into flames. Herrera was pronounced lifeless on scene.
His household has launched a GoFundMe to help with funeral bills. Herrera leaves behind a 16-year-old son, pregnant girlfriend, his mother and father and siblings.
Nicknamed “La Pulga,” or “The Flea” in English, Herrera was a proud Colombian-American. He started his skilled MMA profession in 2011 and made it to the UFC in 2015.
After a unanimous resolution loss to Ray Borg, Herrera picked up his first and solely UFC win in opposition to Joby Sanchez by TKO. Again-to-back defeats to Ali Bagautinov and Ben Nguyen adopted led to his UFC departure in 2016.
In 2018, Herrera returned to competitors in ACB, for which he notched a fast submission victory over Darren Mima.
He didn’t combat once more till 2021, when he signed with BKFC. He defeated Abdiel Vasquez by TKO in his debut. That victory set him up for his first BKFC predominant occasion, which he misplaced to Reggie Barnett by unanimous resolution.
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