After recovering from COVID-19, Lyman Good meets Belal Muhammad at UFC’s June 20 event
Lyman Good is returning to the octagon after being the first UFC fighter to test positive for COVID-19.
Initially reported by ESPN, a matchup between Good and Belal Muhammad is rebooked for the UFC’s June 20 event. Good announced the bout on his Instagram page.
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After testing positive, Good dropped out of UFC 249 in Brooklyn, New York on April 18. The promotion postponed the event later on due to the pandemic.
The 34-year-old first said his UFC 249 exit stemmed from an injury. Good took another test in April, which came back negative.
He is coming off a third-round TKO victory against Chance Rencountre at UFC 244 in November 2019. In-and out of the win column in his last five fights, Good is trying to string back-to-back wins together for the first time since July 2015.
The former Bellator welterweight champion is 3-2 under the UFC banner.
Muhammad is coming into the bout on a two-fight win streak, a part of winning six of his last seven bouts. He most recently submitted Takashi Sato at UFC 242 in September 2019.
The 31-year-old also beat Curtis Millender by unanimous decision at UFC 236 in April 2019. Muhammad is 7-3 inside the octagon since making his UFC debut in 2016.
Lyman Good and Belal Muhammad five other bouts currently booked on the card. Good s his Tiger Schulmann teammate, Shane Burgos, who meets Josh Emmett in the featherweight matchup.
