The MMA Road Show at UFC-Singapore: Fighters descend upon city-state, amazing pool

(The UFC hosts four events on four continents in four weeks. MMAjunkie is in Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro, Auckland and Singapore from May 23 to June 18 for the 2017 MMA Road Show.)

SINGAPORE – The UFC is in Singapore for the just the second time, and the first since its January 2014 debut in the sovereign city-state.

Located nearly 9,000 miles to the west of Los Angeles in Southeast Asia, it’s quite the journey to get to Singapore from the U.S., even if you’re lucky enough to score a direct flight. While some fighters checked in early, Tuesday marked the official arrival day in Singapore for this week’s “UFC Fight Night 111: Holm vs. Correia” event, which takes place Saturday at Singapore Indoor Stadium and streams live on UFC Fight Pass.

MMAjunkie’s own John Morgan (@MMAjunkieJohn) and Ken Hathaway (@kenshathaway) actually flew into Singapore from this past week’s UFC Fight Night 110 event in Auckland, New Zealand, and are already on scene, as well, prepping for a full week of coverage from UFC Fight Night 111.

Former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm (10-3 MMA, 3-3 UFC) meets onetime title challenger Bethe Correia (10-2-1 MMA, 4-2-1 UFC) in the evening’s main event. On the first official day of fight week for UFC-Singapore, take a look at some of the sights, including the incomparable view from this week’s host hotel, the Marina Bay Sands (which proved slightly too expensive for the MMAjunkie crew, who are staying down the street at the Hotel Indigo Singapore Katong).

Gettin my money's worth with this selfie ?? stick! #Singapore #MarinaBaySands #SelfieGram #TheCrew #RoofTop #57thFloor #lioncity?????? #blessed??

A post shared by Walt Harris (@thebigticket205) on Jun 12, 2017 at 7:43pm PDT

Well it's official I'm moving to Singapore for good! I found the Holy Grail! @popeyeslouisianakitchen #HappinessAbroad #LouisianaFast #LoveThatChickenFromPopeyes #WayFasterServiceThanUS #SeeYa

A post shared by Walt Harris (@thebigticket205) on Jun 11, 2017 at 10:58pm PDT

The love from fight fans here in Singapore is awesome! #ufcsingapore #ufcfightnight111

A post shared by Justin "Tank" Scoggins (@scogginsflow) on Jun 11, 2017 at 8:16pm PDT

Went for a little evening run here in Singapore and found myself running by an orchestra as I got to watch the sunset on the city. I can't help but feel happy and blessed.

A post shared by Holly Holm (@hollyholm) on Jun 11, 2017 at 5:34am PDT

Trying my first stinky #durianfruit with @joncruztuck who's preparing to fight Takanori Gomi @ufc Singapore next week

A post shared by Stuart Cooper (@stuartcooperfilms) on Jun 9, 2017 at 12:46am PDT

For more on UFC Fight Night 111, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.