The UFC is on indefinite hold as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic continues to cause ripples around the world. But, never fear, as long as we’ve got free time, we’ll be force feeding ourselves all the bad MMA that we can stomach. And with things being what they are, this seemed like an ideal time to break out a new subset of classic MMA: bouts where one of the competitors was notable sick heading into the contest. We’ve got four classic fights featuring at least one fighter competing with some kind of illness, starting with Sage Northcutt and his strep throat vs. Bryan Barberena, then Chad Mendes and his flu vs. Nik Lentz, followed by Shogun Rua and his flu vs. Kazuhiro Nakamura, and wrapping all up with Chris Weidman vs. Demian Maia and his bad cold. As always, you can follow along with all our commentary by watching each bout on Fight Pass, starting when Zane says “go.” Or, if you don’t have fight pass, but can find the fights somewhere else, you can start at the beginning of round 1 for each fight, with Connor’s signal. Be sure to follow Zane on twitter @TheZaneSimon, follow Connor, @BoxingBusch, follow Phil @EvilGregJackson, and follow @BloodyElbow for all the latest in MMA happenings. If you enjoyed our show, give us a “like”, a share & follow us here on fb, or give us a “like”, share & subscribe over on one of our other BE Presents Podcast Channels: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFoX81d3fNHrcUckyQdRzLQ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mma-nation iTunes & Apple TV: https://itunes.apple.com/…/bloody-elbow-presen…/id984162015 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/p…/269-Bloody-Elbow-Presents-30639274 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/55S2dpKYVqndaPTUojkELm Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/bloody-elbow-presents TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Sports--Recreation-Podcasts/Bloody-Elbow-Presents-p1190843/ OverCast: https://overcast.fm/itunes984162015/bloody-elbow-presents Player FM: https://player.fm/series/bloody-elbow-presents ... whichever one happens to be your listening platform of choice. While you’re there, don’t forget to subscribe to Bloody Elbow Presents; that way, you’ll always be the first to get all our daily MMA offerings. For previous episodes of the show, check out our playlists on all of our BE Presents channels.