On April 6, with America locked down due to the coronavirus, Dana White went on ESPN to promote the UFC’s proposed April 18 card. Critics were howling that White was even attempting to stage a pay-per-view at that time. (Indeed, it would eventually be postponed at the request of ESPN).
White was undeterred. He swore the UFC could and would do it safely. He was full of the bombast and stubbornness that helped build an outlaw operation into a multibillion-dollar global behemoth.
He said it would take place at an undisclosed location in the United States. And if not .