The UFC has done a great deal to improve its COVID-19 testing protocol since the promotion returned to action in May with a trio of fight cards in Jacksonville, Florida. With that said, it now seems as if the UFC and the athletic commissions it works with should add another battery of tests to its protocol, especially when it comes to fighters, coaches, UFC support staff and media members who have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
In June, Dr. Dermot Phelan, cardiologist and Director of the Sports Cardiology Center at Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, spoke to CBS Sports about how COVID-19 affects the heart.