Face coverings/masks may not be mandatory for fans who want to go to the next two UFC pay-per-views, but the UFC is providing them.
The promotion announced on Tuesday that free face coverings will be distributed to anyone who wants them at UFC 261 on April 24th or UFC 262 on May 15th. These are the first two UFC shows with full capacity attendance since UFC 248 last March, about a week before the global shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mask-wearing has been (among pretty much everything else) a very divisive topic in the United States throughout the pandemic, with some states still keeping restrictions in place and others never even implementing a statewide mandate in the first place.