{"id":347303,"date":"2020-04-15T18:27:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=347303"},"modified":"2020-04-15T18:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T01:27:05","slug":"dana-white-admits-may-9-event-will-prove-very-expensive-for-the-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-admits-may-9-event-will-prove-very-expensive-for-the-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White admits May 9 event will prove \u201cvery expensive\u201d for the UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White says the scheduled May 9 event will be very expensive for the UFC.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion was forced to postpone UFC 249 and the subsequent events following due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, White recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dominick-cruz\/ufc-announces-full-fight-card-for-may-9-including-three-title-fights\/\">revealed a stacked card for May 9<\/a>, but he won&#8217;t reveal where the location is.<\/p>\n<p id=\"We77EY\">&#8220;I was supposed to go this Saturday at Tachi Palace in northern California. I got it done. We could go,&#8221; White said during a recent chat on on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/4vo2el5iulcjk4v\/SXM%20NASCAR%20Happy%20Hours-Dana%20White.mp3?dl=0\">Kevin Harvick\u2019s show on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio<\/a>\u00a0(via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2020\/4\/15\/21222842\/dana-white-on-ufcs-expensive-return-next-month-i-have-this-thing-figured-out\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). &#8220;I was asked to not do the event from my partners [at ESPN], who I respect, so I did it. I gave them the weekend off and I\u2019m actually at the office right now. We\u2019re back in here. We\u2019re working. I have a date now for May 9.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When the May 9 event takes place, Dana White admits it will be an expensive time for the promotion. But, the UFC is willing to spend the money to put on current events.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen I\u2019m not stopping. I have this thing figured out. The reality is can it be done? Yes, it can be done,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s just very expensive. It\u2019s very expensive and I\u2019m willing to spend the money to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, although the event will be costly, Dana White is looking forward to having the event take place. He&#8217;s confident the May 9 card <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/breaking-ufc-to-hold-next-event-on-may-9-multiple-bouts-already-in-the-works\/\">will go on as scheduled<\/a> as he wants to give his fighters and employees the opportunity to make money during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"oudbB6\">\n<div class=\"c-read-more\">\n<p id=\"mt82K8\">&#8220;I don\u2019t sit around and wait for somebody to tell me it\u2019s time to do this, it\u2019s time to do that,\u201d White said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to look ahead at what\u2019s happening out there. My commitment is to my employees and to my fighters. I don\u2019t want [to] lay anybody off and I don\u2019t want fighters sitting around for a year not being able to make money but I want everybody to be safe.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HdbTlj\">&#8220;Instead of hiding from this thing, how do you get out there and figure out how to function yet be safe about it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;My biggest problem with this whole thing is misinformation. You read one thing here, you read something different over here. Nobody really knows what\u2019s going on. It\u2019s been a very strange thing to deal with.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What do you make of Dana White saying the May 9 card will be expensive for the promotion? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><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 4\/15\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dana White says the scheduled May 9 event will be very expensive for the UFC. The promotion was forced to postpone UFC 249 and the subsequent events following due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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