Members of the UFC roster are finding out there are good and bad aspects to competing in the Octagon during the COVID-19 pandemic. The good is obvious – they get to fight. The bad? Well, they lose that energy of the crowd that can give a boost in a tough battle.
Ashley Yoder, who is about to fight for the first time in the “new normal” when she meets Brazil’s Livinha Souza on this Saturday’s UFC 252 card in Las Vegas, is taking the positive approach.
“I was on TUF,” said the Ultimate Fighter 23 competitor. “So we experienced a similar situation with the fact of not having fans, and two, I don't have to hear all the Brazilians chant that I should die.