‘It may be a closed occasion’: UFC president Dana White says Khabib vs. Ferguson WILL go forward – at a thriller location

The world could also be in lockdown proper now, however that apparently is not stopping UFC president Dana White from placing on the most important struggle the UFC might probably make in 2020.

The oft-booked and long-awaited conflict between UFC light-weight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and former interim champion Tony Ferguson was set to happen at Brooklyn’s Barclays Middle on April 18, however the ongoing and escalating coronavirus outbreak in the USA has meant these plans needed to be scrapped.

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That does not imply the struggle is off, nonetheless, as White informed Yahoo Sports activities’ Kevin Iole that he has not solely stored the struggle alive, he now has a location for it.

“I do (know the place it’s),” he informed Iole on Instagram Dwell.

“However I’m not able to inform you but. I do know a number of issues. There’s not going to be any followers there. It’s going to be a closed occasion.”

White has all the time appeared to maintain his exhibits alive, regardless of the more and more tough setting by which he has to function. A lot of the USA is in lockdown, and public gatherings have been banned because the nation, like so many throughout the globe, struggles to gradual the unfold of the sickness amongst its inhabitants.

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White, nonetheless, stays steadfast in his perception that the UFC can nonetheless function below these restricted circumstances, and he mentioned that whereas he understands others’ considerations, he’ll proceed to press ahead, whereas guaranteeing well being and questions of safety are paramount.

He additionally mentioned that any staffers or fighters who felt uncomfortable along with his strikes are welcome to step again till issues are absolutely protected once more.

“Everyone who’s going to be concerned on this factor goes to be as a result of they need to be, not as a result of they need to be or they need to do something,” he mentioned.

“Imagine me, we didn’t simply begin occupied with security when the coronavirus popped up. Well being and security, these are issues that ordinary companies which are on the market proper now don’t essentially have to consider each day.

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“Well being and security is one thing we’ve been doing lengthy earlier than the coronavirus and we’ll be doing it lengthy after the coronavirus is gone. That is simply regular sh*t for us.”

White’s plans to host Khabib vs. Ferguson because the headline struggle on a full UFC 249 card at an unknown location have followers wracking their brains about the place it could be held.

However, whatever the location, the message from White appears clear. The present should go on.

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