UFC 249 Postponed Reaction

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Mike Heck, Jose Youngs, Alex K. Lee and E. Casey Leydon react to the news that UFC 249 will no longer take place April 18, how MMA fans have handled the news, the impact that it will have for the immediate future and more. Follow Mike Heck: @MikeHeck_JR Follow Jose Youngs: @JoseYoungs Follow Alex K. Lee: @AlexanderKLee Follow E. Casey Leydon: @ekc Subscribe: http://goo.gl/dYpsgH Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/u8VvLi Visit our playlists: http://goo.gl/eFhsvM Like MMAF on Facebook: http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z Follow on Twitter: http://goo.gl/nOATUI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:04.0	Hi, Mike Heck here for MMA Fighting.
0:11.0	Reacting to some more breaking news on this Thursday, April 9,
0:15.4	2020 per UFC President Dana White.
0:18.6	UFC-49 is no longer happening on April the 18th.
0:23.1	White did however say that he's considering this more
0:26.2	of a postponement instead of a cancellation.
0:28.7	Not only is UFC-249 postponed,
0:31.9	but all events have been postponed indefinitely by the
0:34.4	organization. One thing Dana White told Brettakamoto of ESPN and he
0:38.8	said on his Instagram live a little while ago as well. This mystical Fight Island,
0:43.5	fighter island that we've been hearing so much about,
0:45.9	it's gonna get put to use,
0:47.3	and it seems like it's gonna get put to use a lot.
0:50.3	And it has been one crazy ride to get here.
0:52.6	It all began during the UFC 248 Fight Week last month when Mark R Monday of E-SPN asked the legitimate
1:00.0	question about the coronavirus to Dana White. After UFC 248, Aaron Bronson of
1:05.3	T.S. N. asked Dana a similar question as the coronavirus was starting to
1:09.5	spread a little more and more as we were getting closer towards becoming a
1:12.2	global pandemic.
1:13.8	Dana White sort of shrugged it off, so he didn't give an S about the coronavirus at the time,
1:18.5	but since that day it has just been twists and turns from Dana calling out the media, calling us
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