Cody Stamann has been forced out of his upcoming fight against Merab Dvalishvili on the UFC card planned for Dec. 5 in Las Vegas.
Sources close to the situation confirmed the news to MMA Fighting on Thursday following an initial report from Adjara Sport. Dvalishvili also confirmed the information in a post made on Facebook.
While Stamann is out of the fight, sources confirmed he did not personally test positive for COVID-19 as reports suggested but he has been forced to delay his return to action until after Dec.