Coronavirus and Combat Sports Fighters: How is it Affecting Them?

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 11: Damien Brown of Australia warms up backstage during the UFC 221 event at Perth Arena on February 11, 2018 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)The worldwide pandemic of coronavirus has turned many facets of everyday life upside down. Cities have enacted curfews, borders have been closed to help contain the virus, and the combat sports world has been in a dry spell of fights. Everyone has been affected by coronavirus differently, but one group that is being hurt are fighters themselves.

Fighters have not only had fights cancelled but training regimes have been affected with many gyms closing down or reducing hours.…