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Citing COVID-19 surge in Florida, Combate Americas postpones scheduled August return

When the UFC returned to action in May, it went to the state of Florida, which declared sports as an essential service amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This opened the door for WWE to resume taping shows, while the NBA and MLS are presently in Orlando for the remainder of their respective seasons.

A mere two months later, Florida has gone from 8th to 3rd in total confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States, with nearly 370,000 in total as of July 21st. For context, South Africa has the 5th highest number of global cases at 373,000.