The Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship has postponed its next three events and will temporarily close its corporate headquarters amid the spread of the coronavirus.
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The Brazilian won his seventh straight fight in the headliner of a card contested with no live audience in Brazil.
The UFC can still apply to host the events at the Nevada Athletic Commission’s next meeting on March 25, but White clearly believed its application was likely to be denied.
The UFC’s decision to continue its schedule will give the organization the sports calendar all to itself on Saturday.
The March 28 event in Columbus, Ohio, and an April 11 card in Portland, Oregon, have been moved to the UFC’s facility in Las Vegas, UFC president Dana White said.
Zhang Weili and Joanna Jedrzejczyk engaged in an epic brawl on a card headlined by a lackluster middleweight title bout between Israel Adesanya and Yoel Romero.
Israel Adesanya eventually solved Yoel Romero to win a narrow decision and retain the middleweight belt in the main event of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Zhang Weili retained the belt with a thrilling split-decision win over former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk in the co-main event of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
A breakdown of the fights on the main card of UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, with picks from the Review-Journal’s Adam Hill and Heidi Fang.
The title fight between women’s strawweight champion Zhang Weili and former champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk at T-Mobile Arena will be the culmination of a war of words.
The organization announced plans to proceed with the event as scheduled despite a documented case of the virus in Southern Nevada.
Champions Israel Adesanya and Zhang Weili have drawn strong interest and will make for a heavily bet parlay Saturday, Las Vegas bookmakers said.
Bantamweight star Sean O’Malley will meet Jose Alberto Quinonez to headline the preliminary card at UFC 248 on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Undefeated middleweight champion Israel Adesanya believes in the power of visualization and has put it into practice as his career progressed.
UFC president Dana White is continuing his campaign to get Tom Brady in a Raiders uniform.