The last few months have been tumultuous for Dana White and the UFC. After cancelling three events in March due to COVID-19, White remained adamant that UFC 249 would take place as scheduled on April 18th. The UFC spent considerable time an effort to prove White true, changing locations, changing fights, implementing increased safety protocols on the fly, and generally scrambling to answer the constantly shifting problems that arise with attempting to hold a live sporting event during a global pandemic. In the end, though the event was postponed a few weeks. UFC 249 will in fact be taking place this weekend, but despite managing to keep UFC 249 alive, the event did suffer one major casualty: UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov was forced off the card.
Morning Report: Dana White takes responsibility for Khabib Nurmagomedov missing UFC 249
