UFC president Dana White has tested positive for Covid-19, revealing he has consulted close friend and longtime UFC commentator Joe Rogan for advice on his recovery.
Speaking on the Jim Rome podcast, White said he is vaccinated but he and other members of his family had contracted the disease while traveling to Maine for the recent Thanksgiving holidays.
The UFC boss said he had immediately turned to Rogan after realizing he had lost his sense of smell, with the popular MMA pundit telling him to get tested right away the next morning.
“[Rogan] said get monoclonal antibodies in you as soon as possible. So I did. By noon, I had the monoclonal antibodies in me and then he told me to do an NAD drip. I did that right after,” White said of the advice from Rogan.
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“The next day, I get up Tuesday, get ready to shave, cleaning my razor, I could smell the alcohol. My taste and smell were back the next day at 11 o’clock in the morning.
“Then I took a dose of ivermectin yesterday, then I did a vitamin drip and then today I did another NAD drip. Could not feel better. Feel like a million bucks.
“I’m doing two-a-day workouts for the next 10 days while I have Covid, I’m in quarantine. I got my smell and taste back in less than 24 hours.”
Rogan ignited widespread debate earlier during the pandemic after sharing his treatment methods for Covid, which featured a cocktail of drugs including ivermectin – an anti-parasitic medicine used to treat humans and animals.
In consulting Rogan, White follows in the footsteps of NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who revealed in November that he had also got in touch with the podcast king after testing positive for the illness.