A highly anticipated fight between undefeated featherweight prospects is off.
Movsar Evloev and Ilia Topuria were scheduled to meet next weekend at UFC 270, the first pay-per-view event of the year. Unfortunately, Evloev announced on social media that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the event.
“I got sick with the new coronavirus,” wrote Evloev (translation via Google). “Unfortunately, the infection caught up with me in the final stages of my three month training camp just before the fight. It is necessary to heal the disease, and then undergo rehabilitation to restore the respiratory capacity of the lungs.