Steve
Mowry won’t be competing at
Bellator 242.
The undefeated heavyweight prospect announced on Instagram that he
tested positive for COVID-19 and is off Friday’s card. Mowry was
supposed to face Rudy
Schaffroth in a preliminary contest streamed on the promotion’s
YouTube page. It is unclear if Schaffroth will receive a
replacement opponent on short notice.
“So, uhhh, long story short I’m not fighting because of a positive
COVID-19 test,” Mowry wrote. “2020, am I right?”
Mowry trains at Sanford MMA with Gilbert
Burns and Aung La N
Sang, both of whom also recently tested positive for
coronavirus. The Pittsburgh native is 7-0 thus far in his
professional career, including three triumphs under the Bellator
banner.
Bellator 242 takes place at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,
Connecticut and is headlined by a bantamweight showdown between
Sergio
Pettis and Ricky
Bandejas. The main card airs on Paramount Network at 10 p.m.
ET/9 p.m. CT, while the preliminary card streams on YouTube at 8:45
p.m. ET/5:45 p.m. PT.