Dana White is very keen on making UFC 249 happen. He wants it to go down on April 19th and won’t let anything stand in his way.
The whole COVID-19 situation has already forced Dana White to cancel 3 fight nights. UFC 249 is the fourth one under speculation and the media can’t stop talking about it. Dana White says to Charles Sonnen, “Don’t tell these dirty media MotherFu*#_rs anything. Tell them nothing. These scum bags will be all over you trying to shut your sh*& down immediately.”
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Dana: Don't tell these dirty media motherf'ers anything. pic.twitter.com/qUYEaamtPB
— Jed I. Goodman (@jedigoodman) March 27, 2020
Dana White has clearly had enough of the media and their rumors. He now thinks it’s better to keep things to himself and advises Charles Sonnen to do the same.
Charles Sonnen faced a similar problem with the media. When he was trying to set up a Submission Underground event. The event will go down as planned, says Charles Sonnen. After running through a lot of loopholes and changed regulations he has made it happen.
Dana White on UFC 249
White faces the same conundrum. They have to follow health regulations and guidelines that have been altered in the light of the pandemic. And he’s making all the efforts to get his show on the road. So where does he go from here?
UFC 249 will happen, says Dana White. It will happen without the presence of a live audience. Even the location is unknown to us. But it will happen.
Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson has had bad fortune since day one. The fight has been postponed 4 times previously. This is the 5th time this main event is in jeopardy. This is a huge fight for the lightweight division. Both the fighters want this. The fans want this even more.
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Even the other fighters of the division want this fight. Conor has been promised the winner of Tony vs Khabib. His next match relies on the result of this.
Irrespective of what the media says. What stir they try and create around this, Dana White seems hell-bent on making this happen. And when Dana White wants something, there aren’t two things about it.
The fans are at the edge of their seat. The fighters are ready. All we need now is official confirmation!