{"id":347360,"date":"2020-04-16T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=347360"},"modified":"2020-04-16T07:59:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T14:59:42","slug":"dana-white-revamped-ufc-249-card-could-get-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-revamped-ufc-249-card-could-get-better\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White: Revamped UFC 249 card &#8216;could get better&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is working on orchestrating a triumphant return for the promotion on May 9. He&#8217;s already stacked this revamped UFC 249 card with three title fights, and from the sounds of it, it could get even bigger<\/p>\n<p class=\"canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm\" data-reactid=\"17\">\u201cIt could get better,\u201d White told <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/dana-white-says-revitalized-ufc-249-could-get-better-but-wont-be-at-fight-island-012010162.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! Sports<\/a> of the May 9 event. \u201cIt really could. You look at that card and it\u2019s stacked, but I have some fights I\u2019m working on, if I get them done, this card is going to be absolutely crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"17\">At present, this May 9 event \u2014 which is an amalgam of the derailed UFC 249 and the UFC 250 card originally scheduled to go down in Brazil on the same date\u00a0 \u2014 is expected to be headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between top contenders Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje. Ferguson was originally expected to fight undisputed lightweight champ Khabib Nurmagomedov at UFC 249, but was re-booked for a fight with Gaethje when Nurmagomedov got stuck in Russia.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"17\">The new UFC 249 card will be co-headlined by a bantamweight title fight between outspoken champ Henry Cejudo and long-absent former champ Dominick Cruz. Cejudo was originally expected to defend his belt against Jose Aldo at UFC 250, but turned his attention to Cruz when Aldo got stuck in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"17\">The third title fight on this new-and-improved UFC 249 card will see Amanda Nunes defend her featherweight belt against Felicia Spencer. This fight was also originally expected to occur at UFC 250.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"17\">Here&#8217;s the new UFC 249 card as it currently stands:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje<\/li>\n<li>Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Nunes vs. Felcia Spencer<\/li>\n<li>Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik<\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Stephens vs. Calvin Kattar<\/li>\n<li>Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis<\/li>\n<li>Greg Hardy vs. Yorgan de Castro<\/li>\n<li>Alexei Oleinik vs. Fabricio Werdum<\/li>\n<li>Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson<\/li>\n<li>Jacare Souza vs. Uriah Hall<\/li>\n<li>Vicente Luque vs. Niko Price<\/li>\n<li>Charles Rosa vs. Bryce Mitchell<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What fights would you like to see added to the UFC 249 bill?<\/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 4\/16\/2020. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White is working on orchestrating a triumphant return for the promotion on May 9. He&#8217;s already stacked this revamped UFC 249 card with three title fights, and from the sounds of it, it could get even bigger \u201cIt could get better,\u201d White told Yahoo! Sports of the May 9 event. \u201cIt really [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":283754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,39610,61249],"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: Revamped UFC 249 card &#039;could get better&#039; | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The revamped UFC 249 card is already absolutely stacked, and according to UFC President Dana White, it could get even better.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-revamped-ufc-249-card-could-get-better\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dana White: Revamped UFC 249 card &#039;could get better&#039; 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