I learned years ago it’s never wise to bet against Dana White. The UFC president has a way of getting things done, even when it seems impossible, and then reminding you of it at every opportunity afterward.
So as the coronavirus pandemic worsened by the day and White’s friend, President Donald Trump, predicted as many as 240,000 deaths from it in the U.S., I didn’t doubt White’s ability to keep UFC 249 on April 18 as scheduled and sell it on pay-per-view.
And on Monday, he announced on Twitter the rejiggered UFC 249, featuring a lightweight fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje, would be held “somewhere on Earth,” and would be for the interim lightweight title.