UFC fighter Gian Villante was able to spend quarantine time in Long Beach bonding with his son, Gianluca, who was born on Christmas morning. Villante faces Maurice Greene at UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on June 27, 2020, his first fight as a father.


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