UFC welterweight Santiago Ponzinibbio was tested for COVID-19 in late-June and the result came back positive, he confirmed to MMA Fighting following a report from Ag. Fight.
“I felt my body tired for a few days, also [I] had diarrhea and headache,” Ponzinibbio said. “I never had fever of loss of taste, but I felt really tired. But I’m better now. I’m waiting for it to be over so I can return to training.”
Ponzinibbio wasn’t the only American Top Team representative to get infected by the new coronavirus. The Florida-based team had several coaches test positive for COVID-19 such as Mike Brown and Gabriel de Oliveira as well as fighters like Pedro Munhoz.