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Dana White details UFC’s coronavirus plan: ‘Instead of panicking, we’re working with doctors’

The UFC is not hitting pause on its spring event schedule, but it will make adjustments to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The promotion expects to promote its UFC Brasilia event on Saturday as a staff-only affair at Nilson Nelson Gymnasium, UFC President Dana White confirmed to ESPN on Thursday night. White added a March 21 event in London will for now go on as scheduled, while UFC on ESPN 8, scheduled for March 28, while its APEX facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.

White did not detail the promotion’s plans beyond the UFC on ESPN 8, but a separate UFC press release issued at the same time as his appearance confirmed an earlier report that an event scheduled for April 11 in Portland, Ore.