6′ 8″ and 300 pound Paul “The Polar Bear” Varelans is an MMA pioneer, fighting 18 times from 1995 to 1998, in the NHB, spectacle days of the sport. Now multiple reliable reports have emerged on the social network that he contracted COVID-19 and is in a medically induced coma, and on a ventilator. The fighter first reported on Facebook that he had contracted the virus: 12/12: “So its official I am COVID-19 positive. And feel like hell.” 12/13: “Best way I can compare the feel of COVID-19 in my experiance is it’s like fighting a guy who specializes in kidney punches they never stop coming.” 12/14: “Now for food pangs I’d kill for candied salmon WTF.”