Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump braced the country for a “very difficult” two weeks with “a horrific point in terms of death,” because of the global coronavirus pandemic, UFC president Dana White announced on Monday that UFC 249 would be held as scheduled on April 18.
White announced that the card, which was originally supposed to be at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and feature a lightweight title fight between unbeaten champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and No. 1 contender Tony Ferguson, will feature Ferguson against Justin Gaethje in the main event for the interim title.