Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lyman Good became the first fighter at UFC to receive such a diagnosis. But he said he is completely recovered now.
Good was scheduled to meet Belal Muhammad at the original UFC 249 in Brooklyn, but he was forced to withdraw from the fight.
At the time, when he observed that he had been infected with the coronavirus, he wished above all not to have contaminated someone around him.
“My first means of concern was to minimalize any spreading, so as soon as I got the symptoms, I let everybody know and I went and got tested, my priority was to make sure I wasn’t going to spread this thing to anybody else especially my coaches my teammates and anybody I was in contact with,” Good said.
“There weren’t that many people that I had around me, it was the same group, so just to minimize any spreading as soon as I found out I just stayed home, let everybody know and went and got tested.” Good added.
At the same time, Good refused to say how he was contaminated with the corona virus. But he appealed to everyone to behave healthy.
“I couldn’t tell you, we’re in the middle of a pandemic where this thing is spreading fast and so easily that it’s hard to really figure out how it’s spreading around, but as far as how I got it, I couldn’t really tell you,” Good said.
“I tried to keep the same group of people that I was in contact with constant so there wasn’t anybody new, but this thing is hard to contain.
“You, yourself could do everything right, but it’s hard to know the people that you are around, who they may have been in touch with or where they have been. There is only so much control you can have over the environment and people that you are around.” he added.
