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UFC President Dana White has commented on the recent spike of fight cancellations<\/a> due to athletes and their cornermen testing positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

While the pandemic has gripped the world for close to a year now, there’s recently been an increased number of cancelled fights due to the virus. White commented on the issue at the post-fight press conference for last weekend’s UFC Vegas 16 card, which was particularly hard-hit by the COVID-related fight cancellations.<\/p>\n

He sees the trend of increasing cases across the United States as a big part of the problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho knows?\u201d White said (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cI have no idea; the COVID thing is more rampant now. Another friend that I talked to today, who lives on an island in Alaska, somewhere where they have a population of 4,000 people, over 40 people have COVID there now, and it\u2019s like a big, huge deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis stuff is definitely spreading,” White added. “When we were first going through this stuff, I didn\u2019t know anybody that had it, and then, you know, one employee came up with it and got through it quick. But personally, somebody that I was friends with hadn\u2019t had it yet, and now everyone\u2019s got it, you know what I mean?<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople show up with it, or I think what happened this time, somebody had had contact with somebody else and was training their fighter and then gave it to them,\u201d White said. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly what the deal was, but \u2013 yeah, I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

While White acknowledges the rampant spread of COVID-19, he’s adamant that he wouldn’t change anything with respect to his handling of the UFC throughout the pandemic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if there\u2019s anything that I would do differently at the beginning of 2020, knowing what I know now,\u201d White said. \u201cWe got through it pretty well. We did a good job. I would have reinforced myself, don\u2019t be afraid to fight through this thing and go and do not listen to the media, whatever you do. Do not listen to the media.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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