Roger Gracie recently had a scary encounter with the COVID-19 virus.
Though he is now recovered, the former UFC and Strikeforce competitor told Combate that he was very nearly hospitalized as a result of the disease.
“I got the virus, but I recovered two weeks ago,” Gracie said. “I was in very bad shape, bedridden. It’s good to talk about it, because most people don’t know what it is like, they think they won’t be affected, that it won’t get to them,” he said. “I was bedridden for 10 days, with a fever of 104 degrees and coughing. I had shortness of breath one day, but that didn’t escalate, I’m glad. I woke up in the middle of the night, my heart pounding fast, I couldn’t breathe. I called an…
