On the 9th local time in the United States, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) held an official competition in Florida, announcing that the professional fighting competition set sail again after the suspension.
Xinhua News Agency, Washington, May 10 (reporter Wang Jiyi) UFC held an official competition in Florida on the 9th local time in the United States, it was announced that this professional fighting competition set sail again after the suspension. However, given that the new Crown epidemic is still raging, there are no fewer measures such as empty games and carpet virus detection. A contestant before the competition was also detected to be infected with the new Crown virus.
As the new Crown epidemic continues to spread, American sports events have been suspended for nearly two months. In order to restart Sports, various projects are trying to explore. The UFC249 event held on the 9th was originally scheduled to be held in New York on April 18, but was postponed until now due to the fierce epidemic.
After reloading into battle, the outcome of the event itself is not so important. How to secure the game has become the focus of attention from all walks of life, including the managers and organizers of other sports and events. This competition is also regarded as a “test competition” for restarting many American professional sports events “.
In order to “resume work” safely, UFC introduced a 25-page security access regulation, perhaps the most important of which was the virus detection before the competition. Thanks to this test, the organizer of the event successfully “captured” the covid-infected and Brazilian player Sosa on the 8th, and his two assistants also “won the trick”.
There were confirmed cases at the scene, which did not cause panic. UFC just canceled the competition in Sosa. Chairman White of UFC expressed great pride in the security measures of the event.
“The current world is completely different from two months ago, and sports competitions are also different, but the bottom line is that our preparations are perfect and the regulations can work. The most terrible thing is that two days after we finished the match, we suddenly told everyone that Sosa was infected with the new coronavirus, which was terrible. This proves that our access rules work.” White said.
“It may be inappropriate to say so, but we did a good job. Our access rules make the virus have no chance. As the number of competitions we hold increases, our virus detection mechanism will be more complete. We will continue to improve in the following competitions, and we will prove that professional sports can compete safely.” White added.
From the practical point of view, the competition organized and implemented various safety measures. For example, in an empty match, all participants in the match should be tested for viruses, and the referee in the match should keep social distance with other staff, except that the players, hosts, referees and so on have immunity, other personnel in the field must wear masks and gloves. The venue facilities during the round also need to be disinfected.
From the perspective of competition, some contestants said after the game that no on-site audience had an impact on the game, and sometimes they even needed to change their combat strategies.
President Trump of the United States is also very concerned about this event. He congratulated UFC on its “resumption of work. Trump said: “We love this event. This event is also very important. Let’s bring back the sports events and let’s restart the games. Don’t forget to keep social distance and protect yourself by all means. Americans need sports. Come back to all events.”
At present, the downward pressure on the U.S. economy is huge. Many people, including Trump, hope to restart sports events as soon as possible to stimulate the U.S. economic recovery.
Although it is found that some players are infected with the new championship, UFC does not intend to postpone the subsequent competition. UFC will hold many events in the next week, and Song Yadong, a player from China, will also play one of them.