WOW, UFC 249 according to Dana White UFC 249 Tony Ferguson Vs.Justin Gaethje will take place on a secret island!!!!! We want to know the UFC island location but Dana White and the UFC are keeping it under wraps. It is supposedly private and the MMA fighters that are fighting don't even know where it is.
The UFC president Dana White, who has faced criticism for pushing forward with events during the illness, says he plans to host fights on a private island.
While all but a few sports leagues around the world have shut down during the pandemic, White has insisted he wants UFC 249, scheduled for 18 April, to go ahead. The event was supposed to be headlined by undefeated lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov against Tony Ferguson. However, Nurmagomedov said he would not leave quarantine in Russia to fight, possibly due to the fact that he may have trouble entering the US during the illness. Ferguson will now face Justin Gaethje, although White said a private island could help fighters having trouble entering the US.
“I’ll tell you this, I’m this close to getting a deal done,” White said. “So, this place where this fight is going to be on 18 April, I have locked up for two months, so I’m going to continue to pump fights out. I also secured an island. I’ve got an island. The infrastructure is being built right now. We’re going to do all of our international fights on this island.
“So, when we do this fight 18 April, international and in the United States, we’re going to start cranking. The UFC will be back up and running, internationally and here in the States.”
There will be no live audience at UFC 249 and White did not name the island he plans to use as a venue. “Health and safety is something we worry about all the time, not just during the coronavirus,” White said. “Obviously, this has made our jobs a little tougher, but we’re going to do everything above and beyond to make sure everybody is safe, just we always do. A lot of things will be different.”
White did not specify whether fighters would be tested for the illness before competing. “I’m ready to get back,” White said. “You keep people in their houses for too long without entertainment, people are going to start losing their minds. And we need to start figuring out solutions. That’s what we’re doing. We’re going to keep everyone safe and we’re going to pull this thing off.”
As other sports search for solutions on how to carry out events in the midst of the illness, UFC president Dana White believes he has come up with a creative resolution.
The upcoming UFC 249 event on April 18 was originally scheduled to take place in New York City but was forced to move
After much speculation about whether the event will go ahead, White told TMZ Sports on Monday that he is a "day or two away" from securing a private island which will host the upcoming event, and subsequent fight nights.
"We're getting the infrastructure put in now so I'm going to start doing the international fights too," he said.
"I won't be able to get international fighters, all of them, into the US, so I have a private island. I'm going to start flying them all into the private island and doing international fights from there. So as of April 18, the UFC is back up and running."
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