‘Smilin’’ Sam Alvey probably wasn’t smiling when he got news of his UFC on ESPN 8 bout cancellation, and the 33-year-old is just about sick of hearing about the coronavirus pandemic.
Speaking to MMA Fighting in a recent interview, the UFC veteran expressed his disappointment with the Khalil Rountree fight cancellation and explained why he thinks people are massively overreacting to coronavirus. Alvey compared death rates of COVID-19 (157 confirmed deaths in US, 10,456 deaths worldwide) with the regular flu, which has reportedly killed 22,000 Americans since last October.
“I’m very disappointed,” Alvey said.