Dana White Makes Huge Announcement About Future UFC Events

UFC President Dana White announces insane plans to kick start the company’s schedule.

Recently, the UFC made an official statement announcing the May 9 fight card for UFC 249. As anticipated, Justin Gaethje and Tony Ferguson will headline the event and battle for the interim lightweight championship. The co-main event will feature Henry Cejudo defending his title against the bantamweight GOAT, Dominick Cruz.

The event, which will take place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida, also features Francis Ngannou.

Check out the full card here.

Dana White has a Crazy idea to hold 3 UFC events in a week

On his Instagram, Brett Okamoto revealed that Dana White wants to put up 3 events within eight days. All of them will take place in Florida. Joe Rogan, Jon Anik, and Daniel Cormier will handle the commentary play-by-play. The post also mentioned that Dana White’s Fight Island will be operational by June.

You may think this is your typical Dana White making absurd statements. But that is not the case. On its official page, the UFC made this statement.

UFC’s official statement

“Las Vegas – UFC® returns with one of the most stacked cards in recent history, set to be headlined by a bout guaranteed to deliver fireworks as No. 1 ranked lightweight contender Tony Ferguson and No. 4 ranked Justin Gaethje battle for the interim championship. In the co-main event, Henry Cejudo intends to prove that he is the greatest UFC bantamweight champion of all time as he looks to defeat multiple-time titleholder, Dominick Cruz. This will be the first of three events taking place at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on May 9, 13 and 16 respectively, future cards will be announced at a later date.”

Read the full announcement here.

Do you think the UFC will be successful in pulling off one of the craziest fight weeks ever?