Deiveson Figueiredo is confident he won’t miss his UFC flyweight title bout with Joseph Benavidez on July 18.
“Deus da Guerra” was banned from embarking on the chartered flight that left Sao Paulo to Abu Dhabi on Friday night after testing positive for COVID-19, but says it’s not possible since he already was infected by the virus in his hometown Belem two months ago.
Figueiredo arrived in Sao Paulo earlier this week like every other UFC fighter scheduled to compete on the July 18 and July 25 events in the United Arab Emirates, and stayed quarantined in a hotel room until Friday.