The UFC’s planned May 30 card finally has a home. As widely expected, the event will go down at the new UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n
UFC President Dana White confirmed the card’s location in a statement to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a go on the 30th,\u201d White told\u00a0the Review-Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n At this time, the Nevada State Athletic Commission has not announced its intention to sanction this UFC event, having recently banned combat sports events to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, but White’s comment suggests the commission is likely on board with the plan. The plan won’t proceed otherwise.<\/p>\n It has been White’s intention to host this card at the UFC Apex facility for some time, though he conceded the promotion was considering Arizona as a backup setting for the event.<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes more sense with what\u2019s going on for us to be doing the events at our own arena,\u201d the UFC boss said after the UFC’s recent trip of events of Jacksonville, Florida. \u201cIt will be a lot safer for my employees, the fighters, everyone.”<\/p>\n This May 30 UFC event is expected to be headlined by a high stakes welterweight clash between former champion Tyron Woodley, who will be looking to rebound from a title loss to Kamaru Usman in early 2019, and former lightweight Gilbert Burns<\/a>, who will be looking to move to 4-0 as a welterweight.<\/p>\n Bout agreement is signed! May 30th! Let\u2019s go @ufc<\/a> \u2014 GILBERT BURNS DURINHO (@GilbertDurinho) May 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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\nContrato assinado dia 30 de maio! Vamos com tudo @UFCBrasil<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/IGgQDVULN4<\/a><\/p>\n