{"id":344665,"date":"2020-03-17T09:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=344665"},"modified":"2020-03-17T09:09:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T16:09:33","slug":"dana-white-explains-why-he-fought-so-hard-to-avoid-canceling-ufc-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-explains-why-he-fought-so-hard-to-avoid-canceling-ufc-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White explains why he fought so hard to avoid canceling UFC shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has indefinitely postponed the next three shows on its calendar, but company president Dana White fought hard to avoid that.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on SportsCenter on Monday, White explained why he was so reluctant to alter the UFC schedule\u2014even after most other sports leagues closed up shop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what we do,\u201d White said (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie.usatoday.com\/2020\/03\/dana-white-explains-ufcs-determination-during-coronavirus-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). \u201cWe put fights on every weekend. The fighters want to fight. The fans want to see it. I\u2019ve had nothing but positive feedback from the fans and the fighters. These guys all want to continue. We will. Obviously, we\u2019ve had some blowback from the media that covers us, but everybody is going to have their opinions. We\u2019re going to continue on. These three fights are postponed. They will still happen. Khabib vs. Tony is on for the original date. We\u2019re going to keep fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the same interview, White also <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-will-go-to-great-lengths-to-ensure-khabib-nurmagomedov-vs-tony-ferguson-happens\/\">reaffirmed<\/a> that Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson will fight on April 18, though likely not in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTony Ferguson vs. Khabib on April 18 is still on and that will still happen,\u201d White said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to follow these guidelines not to have more than 10 people in a room, and we\u2019re hoping this all clears up by April,\u201d White added. \u201cThis fight\u2019s going to happen. No crowd \u2014 whatever it takes. [It\u2019s] probably not even going to be in the United States but this fight\u2019s going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The three events that were canceled by White and the UFC were originally expected to go down in London, Columbus and Portland over the next three Saturdays. The UFC boss has stated he intends to rebook all the matchups from these cards in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dana White made <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/colby-covington-i-dont-think-it-was-the-right-move-to-cancel-ufc-cards\/\">the right decision<\/a> when he finally pulled the plug on the next three UFC events?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 3\/17\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UFC has indefinitely postponed the next three shows on its calendar, but company president Dana White fought hard to avoid that. Speaking on SportsCenter on Monday, White explained why he was so reluctant to alter the UFC schedule\u2014even after most other sports leagues closed up shop. \u201cThis is what we do,\u201d White said (transcript [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":316749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dana White explains why he fought so hard to avoid canceling UFC shows | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The UFC has indefinitely postponed the next three shows on its calendar, but company president Dana White fought hard to avoid that.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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