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Shara Magomedov has disclosed that he contracted dengue fever from a mosquito bite during a training camp in Thailand ahead of his July 2025 fight with Marc-Andre Barriault. He spent roughly two weeks bedridden with a 40°C fever, developed sores, and began losing hair, then flew to Abu Dhabi still weakened after a brief and incomplete recovery. Despite the ordeal, he won the bout, only to end up on an operating table immediately afterward and spend two more sleepless days unable to switch off before struggling to breathe for a further two weeks.
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