A moment of silence was observed in Houston, Texas at UFC 247 to pay respect to Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles Lakers legend.

The athlete had passed away owing to a helicopter crash along with his daughter, Gianna Maria-Onroe Bryant, baseball coach John Altobelli, and 6 other passengers on Jan 26.

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UFC paid tribute with a 9 seconds silence for Kobe and 8 others, who passed away recently in an unfortunate accident.

Unfortunately most of the fans couldn’t remain silent, and Twitter let them have it. 

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