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After speeding to be the primary nationally televised sport within the U.S. to make it again on TV this weekend, UFC officers discovered its prized UFC 249 card scheduled for Saturday, Could 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, in peril late Friday evening after it was revealed that certainly one of its fighters examined constructive for COVID-19.
Ronaldo “J’acare” Souza was scheduled to face Uriah Corridor at UFC 249 this weekend, however the 40-year-old examined constructive for coronavirus per ESPN:
Souza arrived in Jacksonville on Wednesday and knowledgeable UFC officers {that a} member of the family had examined constructive. Souza was asymptomatic, however was remoted and examined, and Friday the check got here again constructive.
In keeping with that very same report, Souza was faraway from the combat card.
Nonetheless, regardless of the cardboard being jeopardized for a brief interval, UFC 249 continues to be going to go on as deliberate per Hunter Campbell, EVP and Chief Enterprise Officer of UFC.
In brief, Campbell revealed to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith that UFC officers conferred with Florida athletic fee officers about whether or not UFC 249 might nonetheless go on as deliberate and that it was finally decided the remainder of fights might go on as scheduled “as a result of the system labored”.
Presumedly, which means the strict protocols that have been in place for UFC 249 stored different fighters and staff from being uncovered to the virus.
So whereas Souza received’t be capable to combat this weekend after testing constructive for COVID-19, the remainder of the cardboard does stay intact after the large scare.
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