UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya has claimed he is immune from the coronavirus ahead of his title defence against Yoel Romero this weekend.
Adesanya’s bout with Romero will headline the UFC 248 event which will take place in Las Vegas, with women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili defending her belt against Joanna Jedrzecjczyk in the featured bout on the undercard.
Zhang is China’s first ever UFC titleholder and her preparation for her first title defence was thrown into chaos when the disease began to wreak havoc across her home country.
The 30-year-old was forced to move her training camp, first to Thailand and then Abu Dhabi before making the trip to Vegas for fight week.
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