Sodiq Yusuff would love nothing more than to fight, but admits it will be tough in these current circumstances. With the state of Maryland completely shut down due to COVID-19, the featherweight prospect has only been able to do his own cardio training, which he said wouldn’t give him enough preparation to jump into the octagon for one of the UFC’s upcoming cards. “I thought I was going to fight towards maybe the end of May to beginning of June, or midway through June. But the way everything kinda ended up, I don’t see that happening,” Yusuff told MMA Junkie. “I know the UFC is planning on starting again May 9 and, if that goes well, depending on how everything falls apart, maybe we could get something going towards the end of June, maybe July. “Right now I’m in Maryland, so everything is shut off
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