Saturday night’s prospective headliner between Derrick Lewis and Curtis Blaydes was cancelled the last-minute after Blaydes evaluated positive for COVID-19 The very same thing occurred to Kevin Holland, who was pulled from his December 5 headliner against Jack Hermansson.
There have been various cancellations because of the infection since the UFC went back in service in May. And for company president Dana White, it’s all part of the video game in2020
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” It’s all good,” White informed the media when inquired about the current cancellations at the UFC Vegas 15 post-fight presser “We got three battle (cards) left this year. And we’ll make it through it. It becomes part of working nowadays. If you recall to the old days, we used to have to stress over injuries. Now, it’s injuries and COVID.
” But for me, COVID’s one of these things we’re all gon na get. We’re all gon na get it.
” I haven’t got it yet, however it’s like the influenza, it resembles the cold, we’re eventually gon na get it.”
Since of the Lewis-Blaydes cancellation, the co-main occasion bout in between Anthony Smith and Devin Clark was bumped up to headline the card. “Lionheart” won the battle through first-round submission.
The UFC President has repeatedly downplayed COVID-19 and its effect for months, likening government lockdown to “hiding from cancer,” and stating the whole world “turned into pussies over night.”
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