MMAFighting.com<\/a>, Hernandez admitted that it may have been a good thing he didn’t end up fighting because he believes he was infected with the coronavirus. According to “The Great,” his head coach tested positive for COVID-19, and Hernandez believes he also had it, though he never ended up actually getting tested for the coronavirus.<\/p>\n\u201cMy own head coach fell out at one point. He got sick. I thought I caught some sh*t at some point where I just had to fight through it and train. Every time I\u2019d start revving up again, I\u2019d get just insanely nauseous and extremely hot. Getting tested is difficult, so I don\u2019t really worry about that sh*t. It seemed like we were all kind of dropping at one point,” Hernandez said.<\/p>\n
\u201c(My head coach) did have it and I was breathing that dude\u2019s air, so maybe. Yeah, maybe I did, but I just f*cked it up, dude. I\u2019m not worried about it. I had to get ready for a fight. I said that\u2019s what I was going to do, and that\u2019s what I did. I\u2019m in the best shape of my life, and I\u2019m ready to take on whatever challenge. I\u2019m ready to take on any opponent that\u2019s available in the states.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thankfully it appears that Hernandez has fully recovered, but perhaps it’s a good thing that UFC 249 ended up getting scrapped so he didn’t have the chance to potentially spread the coronavirus in the case that he did indeed have it.<\/p>\n
Do you think Alexander Hernandez should have competed at UFC 249?<\/p>\n
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