Regardless of facing a number of barriers along the road, UFC officials are hoping to complete the area for its April 18 show in the coming days.
According to several sources, the promotion believes it is extremely near securing a new venue for UFC 249. It’s vague currently where the location will be; nonetheless, resources claimed it appears as it will happen on the West Coast of the USA. The UFC has actually emphasized to not share the certain location with many individuals outside the company; currently, sources said.
The UFC has actually discovered the possibility of holding the occasion on tribal land, which does not have to stick to the guidelines of the state athletic compensations, and that possibility is still significantly in play, per sources.
The present plan, as formerly reported, is for the occasion to be headlined by Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje, but yet it isn’t signed. The initial centerpiece in between Ferguson as well as Khabib Nurmagomedov failed recently after Nurmagomedov went back to Dagestan, from San Jose, where he trains.
A deal has actually gotten on the table for Ferguson to eliminate Gaethje for over a week, but Ferguson told ESPN last week he would consider the offer only if the UFC discovered a place for the event.
Ferguson said that no matter what they have, they’re going to attempt to make this point go. At least several of individuals on the planet have a bit of hope. The people that are really doing it are the physicians as well as the nurses and the people caring for everybody. If they can do they’re little of the part to try and make something take place, they’re down with that.
UFC 249 was initially scheduled to take place at Barclays Facility in New York. That was terminated a couple of weeks ago in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
It is likewise expected, according to sources, that the UFC will hold numerous events over the coming weeks in this exact same new area. Adhering to April 18, they have shows arranged for April 25 and May 2 as well as UFC 250 on May 9. The company has actually started working with filling up these cards with some of the very same fights originally scheduled and new fights completely, resources claim.
It’s uncertain currently the amount of the initially scheduled UFC 249 battles would stay on the April 18 card; however, the assumption is the card will be different from the initial lineup.
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