Movsar Evloev reveals virus that had him considering his MMA future

UFC featherweight contender Movsar Evloev has spoken about the health issues that left him contemplating his mixed martial arts future.

As we know, Movsar Evloev is one of the best featherweights on the planet. However, despite his record and a run of big wins, he still hasn’t been able to challenge for the world title in the UFC. He’ll hope to change that after UFC London, where he will compete against Lerone Murphy in the main event of the evening.

It feels like the winner will undeniably have earned a crack at the belt, but Movsar Evloev and Lerone Murphy are right to be hesitant given that Diego Lopes was recently given a second shot at the championship ahead of both of them getting their first.

In a recent interview, Movsar Evloev spoke about his inactivity and why he has been out of the cage for a while.

Movsar Evloev talks about complicated injury problems

“After the fight with Sterling, I get home, then take maybe one month break and then bring myself back to the gym,” Evloev told MMA Fighting. “Start my camp again, I was waiting for the fight, just asking for the fight. They gave me the fight for May. It was a good time for me, I was ready to fight. They gave me Pico and just for some reason they replace it for July. My camp was too big. Then I moved to Thailand, I didn’t stop my training.

“Maybe my body was tired, my immune system goes low and then I got some type of virus, COVID or something, and I started to feel so bad. We decided to not fight because it was impossible. Even easy, easy exercise made me feel so bad. I wasn’t in shape to fight with the guy, especially a big wrestling guy because I felt so bad.”

“Every time when I feel good, even doctors tell me you’re good to go to train and everything,” Evloev said. “Then I got to the gym and I start to feel it again. I don’t know why. All results, exams saying my body is OK.

“With some easy cardio, the feeling came back. I have thoughts, so I’m not going to fight again?”

“Yeah [I was worried] but I have a lot of things like that,” Evloev said. “Surgery on my knee, I have two times COVID before that. I have a lot of time to feel the same. I’m kind of used to it.”

Quotes via MMA Fighting