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Shara Magomedov has disclosed that he contracted dengue fever during a training camp in Thailand ahead of his July 2025 fight with Marc-Andre Barriault, spending roughly two weeks bedridden with a 104°F fever, skin sores, and hair loss. He traveled to Abu Dhabi still weakened, yet won the bout. Immediately after the fight, Magomedov underwent surgery and then went two days without sleep, and spent a further two weeks struggling to breathe before fully recovering.
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