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Khabib Nurmagomedov is lost on the status of UFC 249. The UFC plans on pushing through with its April 18 date for UFC 249. Scheduled to headline the card is UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov putting his gold on the line against Tony Ferguson. Execu…
Khabib Nurmagomedov is lost on the status of UFC 249. The UFC plans on pushing through with its April 18 date for UFC 249. Scheduled to headline the card is UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov putting his gold on the line against Tony Ferguson. Executive orders and new CDC guidelines in response to COVID-19 have derailed […]
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UFC president Dana White says a location is set for UFC 249. White has promised that the event will indeed take place on April 18. Scheduled to headline the card is a UFC lightweight title bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. Th…
UFC president Dana White says a location is set for UFC 249. White has promised that the event will indeed take place on April 18. Scheduled to headline the card is a UFC lightweight title bout between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson. The bout was initially set to take place in Brooklyn, NY but […]
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Dana White has a location. He just needs to send it. The UFC president has long maintained that the highly-anticipated Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight scheduled for UFC 249 on April 18 would still go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. And as of Monday, there is a location for the fight. However, White isn’t […]
Dana White has a location. He just needs to send it.
The UFC president has long maintained that the highly-anticipated Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson fight scheduled for UFC 249 on April 18 would still go ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic.
And as of Monday, there is a location for the fight. However, White isn’t ready to reveal details just yet.
He did confirm, however, that it would take place behind closed doors with no fans in attendance:
“I do (know where it is),” White said in an Instagram Live session with Yahoo’s Kevin Iole (via MMA Junkie). “But I’m not ready to tell you yet. I know lots of things. … There’s not going to be any fans there. It’s going to be a closed event.”
With Nurmagomedov recently returning to Russia to complete his training camp, fans have speculated that the fight could take place there. The United Arab Emirates — as suggested by Nurmagomedov’s father Abdulmanap — is also an option.
While most combat sports fans will be happy that a dream fight between Nurmagomedov and Ferguson could finally happen next month, there will be natural criticism coming White’s way at trying to book the fight amid the current global situation.
But as far as the UFC head honcho is concerned, anyone involved at UFC 249 is doing so on their own volition. And health and safety is something the promotion had covered way before the coronavirus:
“Everybody who is going to be involved in this thing is going to be because they want to be, not because they have to be or they have to do anything,” White said. “Believe me: We didn’t just start thinking about safety when the coronavirus popped up. Health and safety, these are things that normal businesses that are out there right now don’t necessarily have to think about on a daily basis. Healthy and safety is something we’ve been doing long before the coronavirus and we’ll be doing it long after the coronavirus is gone. This is just normal (expletive) for us.”
UPDATE:
White confirmed to ESPN that it will be a full line-up of the UFC 249 card and that the event is 99.9 percent done.
What do you make of White’s news?
Ben Askren isn’t counting Tony Ferguson out in his bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Ferguson is scheduled to challenge UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov on April 18. UFC president Dana White has remained adamant that the date will stand amid th…
Ben Askren isn’t counting Tony Ferguson out in his bout with Khabib Nurmagomedov. Ferguson is scheduled to challenge UFC lightweight champion Nurmagomedov on April 18. UFC president Dana White has remained adamant that the date will stand amid the coronavirus pandemic. UFC 249 had to be moved from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY and […]
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UFC president Dana White says his doubters will once again be in for a surprise on April 18. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled to put his gold on the line against Tony Ferguson next month. The title bout was originally set to be…
UFC president Dana White says his doubters will once again be in for a surprise on April 18. UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov is scheduled to put his gold on the line against Tony Ferguson next month. The title bout was originally set to be held inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. Those plans […]
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Ben Askren still hopes the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson lightweight title fight takes place next month. The pair were set to collide at UFC 249 on April 18 in Brooklyn, New York. However, with the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions put in place, it will no longer be taking place, at least, in New […]
Ben Askren still hopes the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson lightweight title fight takes place next month.
The pair were set to collide at UFC 249 on April 18 in Brooklyn, New York. However, with the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions put in place, it will no longer be taking place, at least, in New York.
UFC president Dana White has maintained that the fight will still go ahead in a different location — likely outside the country — but Askren believes it can still take place in the United States even with the government’s suggestion of having no more than a group of 10 in one location.
His solution? Remote judges and getting rid of the entire UFC 249 undercard:
“The one thing I said last night was, let’s not get greedy, Dana, let’s make this really simple,” Askren told Submission Radio. “All we need is Tony and Khabib, we don’t need an F’ing undercard. So, in America they’re doing ten people maximum, you can’t have more than ten people in a group.
“So, you’ve got Tony, Khabib, three judges. But, you could also have the judges be remote. So, you don’t actually have to have them there. Your referee, you have Dana, you have Bruce Buffer and you have Joe Rogan maybe. Maybe we take the judges out and make the judges remote at a remote location and we give them each two coaches or something, or one coach. I think there’s a way to do it to keep it under ten people and broadcast it.
“It’s awesome. Please, please don’t cancel it.”
At this point, fans can only hope as Nurmagomedov vs. Ferguson is a dream fight many have been waiting to see for years.
Askren didn’t predict a winner but believes the matchup is a fascinating one:
“I think it’s fascinating, that’s why it’s so exciting,” he explained. “It’s two guys who are really good at what they do, and if you were to design a fighter to beat the other person, that’s what you would design them to do, and so I think it’s gonna be really, really fascinating.
“Khabib’s obviously gonna get takedowns, and he’s been so dominant with ground and pound, but at the same time, Tony is so active off his back and he’s good with the elbows and he’s got a lot of tricky stuff. I think it’s gonna be totally fascinating, I’m excited to see what happens. Tony’s a great fit, because he’s not gonna stay put on bottom. Tony can take a lot of damage, which, you know, Khabib will dish it out. Tony doesn’t get tired and then Tony’s a high volume striker, he’s not a power puncher, which I don’t think is the right mix to beat Khabib, because I think you have to kind of fight him hard, stuff a few takedowns and volume strike him, and I think that’s how you’re gonna beat him, and that’s what Tony does. So, there’s a possibility.”
What do you think of Askren’s suggestion?