Marlon Moraes will attempt to snap the first losing streak of his Ultimate Fighting Championship tenure when he faces Yadong Song at UFC Fight Night 203 next month. His plans were threatened a few weeks ago, however, when he grew ill en route to Phuket, Thailand for training, an illness that ended up being COVID. In an exclusive conversation with Sherdog, Moraes talked about the nightmarish situation of being sick and under quarantine in another country, the reasons the American Top Team mainstay was in Thailand in the first place, and whether it affected his preparations for the Song fight.