The UFC’s upcoming return on May 9 has an official title: UFC 249.
That’s not exactly a shock, but the promotion hadn’t actually named the event after announcing its next card would take place on May 9, a date originally reserved for UFC 250 in Brazil.
UFC officials confirmed the plans to MMA Fighting on Tuesday following an initial report from ESPN.
UFC 249 originally was set to take place on April 18 at Tachi Palace Casino Resort on tribal land in Lemoore, Calif. But UFC President Dana White postponed it after the promotion’s broadcast partner ESPN asked him to “stand down” amid reported political pressure from California Gov.