MMA Junkie Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no way to make something like this safe until we understand what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d Trigg said. \u201cHow can we counter it? Is there going to be a vaccine for this thing? There\u2019s no way to make these things safe until we figure this out. The same thing with polio, same thing with leprosy. Until we figure out what it actually is, how it actually progresses, what is actually happening with it, there is no way to make a sporting event safe.\u201d<\/p>\n
While many MMA promotions have effectively shut down during these early weeks of the pandemic, UFC President Dana White has been determined to keep business running as usual throughout. White has been adamant staff and fighter safety will be a key focus of he the promotion’s next card, scheduled for May 9, but Trigg doesn’t believe it’s possible to promote a card safely.<\/p>\n
By his estimation, all it will take is one asymptomatic person on-site to lead to disaster. He provided the following example:<\/p>\n
\u201cSay one camera guy, he\u2019s three feet away,\u201d Trigg said. \u201cHe\u2019s trying to practice social distancing, but he\u2019s three feet away, but what happens? He goes to a grocery store. A person has COVID. The person who has COVID doesn\u2019t think he has COVID. The camera guy doesn\u2019t think he has COVID because he has a mask on, he\u2019s walking through. They touch with no gloves a thing of ketchup, they put it back, they don\u2019t want to take it, they want something else. That camera guy then picks up that COVID infected thing of ketchup, puts in his bag, goes out and buys it and goes home. Now he\u2019s got COVID in his house.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut fight\u2019s on Friday, this is Tuesday, he\u2019s not showing any signs. Nothing\u2019s happening. He\u2019s a camera guy not in touch with everybody, but he\u2019s at cage-side,” Trigg added. “<\/span>He has COVID, but he doesn\u2019t realize it. They don\u2019t know they have it. \u2026 All of a sudden he started coughing a little bit, the fighters are below him because he has to get a shot, now they\u2019ve been exposed, that whole group.\u201d<\/p>\nWhat do you think of this assessment from the UFC veteran Frank Trigg?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 4\/22\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC star and current MMA referee Frank Trigg doesn’t think there’s any way for fights to be promoted safely during the coronavirus pandemic. Trigg weighed in on the topic in a recent interview with MMA Junkie Radio. \u201cThere\u2019s no way to make something like this safe until we understand what we\u2019re dealing with,\u201d Trigg […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":336366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[72080,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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