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Dana White: UFC Will Hold Cards May 9, May 13 and May 16 Amid COVID-19

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UFC President Dana White said on Friday that the promotion is planning to resume operations with three events in eight days starting May 9 amid the coronavirus pandemic.

"We're having fights May 9, then another card May 13, then May 16," he told ESPN's Brett Okamoto on Instagram Live (via Marc Raimondi of ESPN). "We're doing Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday. We're gonna knock out three shows in a week."

"The May 9 card is going to be in Florida. The venue doesn't matter. It's on ESPN," he said.