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The news that the UFC least wanted on Friday (8), the eve of the UFC 249 event, was made public and involves a Brazilian athlete. Middleweight (84 kg) Ronaldo ‘Jacaré’ tested positive for COVID-19 and his fight against Uriah Hall was removed from the card. The news was revealed first hand by the American ‘ESPN’.
According to the report, the athlete revealed to the organization of the event on Wednesday, shortly after arriving in the city of Jacksonville, in the US state of Florida, that a relative had contracted the disease, but that he himself had no symptoms of the coronavirus. The test result came out this Friday and was positive.
Precisely for this reason, Jacaré was seen during the weigh-in wearing a mask and gloves and did not greet his opponent, who was also wearing a mask. The party officially withdrew from the card while the local Athletic Commission secured the rest of the show, as the multiple-test system appears to have worked well, according to the report.
