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Megan Olivi: What it was like covering one of the wildest nights in UFC history | New York Post
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0:51Now PlayingThe drama exploded right next to Megan Olivi.
Serving as the reporter for UFC 261, Olivi tried to intervene as her ESPN colleague and former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier got into a heated confrontation with YouTube star, amateur boxer and professional provocateur Jake Paul.
“I was right next to it, and I was trying to stop him [Paul], like, ‘Come on dude, sit.’ But what am I going to do?” Olivi told The Post, while discussing her new podcast, “Becoming A Fighter.”
“I was right next to him and I clearly had no physical abilities to stop it from happening,”
It was all part of a hectic card on April 24 that also included Chris Weidman’s gruesome leg injury — a compound fracture of his right tibia and fibula — which he sustained just 17 seconds into his fight against Uriah Hall.
“I’m not going to lie, I was absolutely in tears,” Olivi said, noting that she couldn’t watch the replay.
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