Sad news in the UFC world today.
Geane Herrera, an MMA fighter who briefly competed in the UFC and the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC), has died at the age of 33.
The BKFC confirmed Herrera’s death on social media, stating that he reportedly died in a motorcycle crash in Florida.
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A GoFundMe campaign was established to cover Herrera’s funeral expenses.
The campaign shared the following message:
“Our family is devastated by the tragic loss of our beloved Geane Carlos Herrera known in the professional fighting world as “La Pulga”, whose life was cut way too short at only 33 years-old. Geane leaves behind a 16 year-old son, his 3-month pregnant girlfriend, mother, father, sisters, a brother and a family that loves him and will deeply miss him.
Geane was full of life, always trying to live life to the fullest, he was a dedicated athlete with big dreams of making a difference and leaving his print in this world. He was such a happy go lucky person that left a mark in everyone that came into his life.
Geane was an American fighter from Colombian decent, born in California, but moved to Colombia with his family when he was a baby. They lived there for nine years before returning to the United States where he fell in love with boxing and professional fighting. He started to work hard and train at a very young age. He was a dreamer and his hard work materialized when he made his professional mixed martial arts debut in March 2011 at the age of 20. Geane was an American mixed martial artist competing in the Flyweight division. He competed primarily for regional organizations in the Southeastern United States where he amassed an undefeated record of 8–0, before signing with the UFC in 2014 and then in 2019 joined the BKFC. He won a few fights lost some others but every time no matter what happened always had a positive outlook to life and his craft. He was a dedicated sportsman that unfortunately because of an injury was unable to keep fighting professionally.
Geane was a hustler and started doing all kinds of odd jobs to make ends-meet and make sure his kids and family was taken care of. Geane coming from an immigrant family wanted to make the difference and make is Colombian-American community proud.
We tell his story because we want everyone to know the amazing person Geane was, a man full of passion, life, love and big dreams.
As is widely known funeral services are very expensive and our family does not have the means to cover the costs. We are asking for $50,000 but anything helps to cover for the funeral cost and leave a little bit of money for his son and future baby to give them some time to adjust and figure out life without their father going forward.
We are asking family, friends, fans, the UF community, the BKFC community, the fighting world and any stranger that can relate to our tragedy for support. Any little bit counts, please donate and help Geane’s family deal with this tragedy in any way.
Geane you will always be in our hearts!”
A California native, Herrera made his UFC debut in August 2015 at UFC Fight Night 73, where he lost via unanimous decision.
Three months later, he defeated Joby Sanchez via technical knockout.
After losing his final two UFC fights, he moved to Absolute Championship Berkut in 2018.
In July 2021, he made his BKFC debut against Abdiel Velazquez and won via technical knockout.
