UFC 249 has its first fighter being faraway from the cardboard due to coronavirus.
Ronaldo “J’acare” Souza, who was purported to face Uriah Corridor, won’t participate within the occasion after testing optimistic for COVID-19, in line with ESPN. The cardboard, nonetheless, will go on with out him on Saturday at a fan-less VyStar Veterans Memorial Area in Jacksonville, Fla.
Souza was examined after informing UFC officers on Wednesday {that a} member of his household had contracted the virus. The middleweight, who lives in Tampa, was asymptomatic when he arrived for the occasion, however was monitored till his check outcomes got here again Friday.
In response to ESPN, Florida state athletic officers are permitting the cardboard to proceed as scheduled as a result of the system labored to establish and isolate Souza.