The UFC has never had the national spotlight like it will on Saturday. The coronavirus pandemic has largely shut down the American economy and took with it the stretch run of the NBA and NHL seasons, the entire NCAA basketball tournament, boxing and the start of the Major League Baseball season.
The UFC hasn’t held a show since March 14 in an empty arena in Brasilia, Brazil.
UFC 249 was originally slated to be in Brooklyn, New York, on April 18, but because New York was the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.