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Collected Item: “How top MMA gyms are fighting -- and sometimes losing -- the battle against the coronavirus”

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How top MMA gyms are fighting -- and sometimes losing -- the battle against the coronavirus

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This is an article by ESPN that I found through a twitter post.

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This article shows the difficulties and last minute changes that professional MMA fighters are facing during this pandemic. I remember seeing the cancellations mentioned in the article as well as others. In MMA there is always a feeling of never being sure if a fight will go through until the weigh-ins are done because of the possibility of injury. The pandemic and the virus have added another possible cause of cancelation for fights. One that the fighter may have no control over.
ASU, HST485

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#ASU, #HST485, #Sports, #MMA, #Boxing, #MixedMartialArts, #Adapting, #Gyms, #Training, #FightIsland, #LostSeasons

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https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/29504832/how-top-mma-gyms-fighting-somes-losing-battle-coronavirus https://web.archive.org/web/20201031021649/https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/29504832/how-top-mma-gyms-fighting-somes-losing-battle-coronavirus

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This article was originally created by Marc Raimondi on ESPN

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2020-07-22
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