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Dana White is adamant about continuing to host fights despite the current health crisis that has put much of the world in a standstill.
On Monday afternoon the UFC announced that they going forward with UFC 249 “somewhere on Earth”.
The fight is signed and is 100% ON LIVE on ESPN somewhere on EARTH!!!! 😃@TonyFergusonXT vs @Justin_Gaethje is LIVE on @espn+ PPV April 18th for the interim lightweight belt! pic.twitter.com/aH44zg5K30
— danawhite (@danawhite) April 6, 2020
According to various reports, UFC 249 is going to take place at the Tachi Palace casino in California.
Next 4 UFC’s at the @TPFmma @Tachipalace #iToldYouFirst @ufc @danawhite #UFC249
— Sherdog (@TheSherdoggy) April 6, 2020
White spoke to TMZ and says that he’s currently attempting to secure a private island to host events with international fighters who are having trouble getting in and out of the United States due to travel restrictions.
“I’m a day or two away from securing a private island, I have a private island that I’ve secured, we’re getting infrastructure put in now, so I’m going to start putting on the International fights too, with international fighters, cause I won’t be able to get international fighters into the US, so I’m going to have a private island and I’m going fly them into the private island
White may have finally lost his mind, this all sounds insane.