UFC 249 was jeopardized after one of the fighters scheduled to compete on the card tested positive for COVID-19 late Friday night.
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After rushing to be the first nationally televised sport in the U. S. to make it back on TV this weekend, UFC officials found its prized UFC 249 card scheduled for Saturday, May 9 in Jacksonville, Florida, in peril late Friday night after it was revealed that one of its fighters tested positive for COVID-19.
Ronaldo “J’acare” Souza was scheduled to face Uriah Hall at UFC 249 this weekend, but the 40-year-old tested positive for coronavirus per ESPN:
Souza arrived in Jacksonville on Wednesday and informed UFC officials that a family member had tested positive.
