Promotion says card won’t happen on 18 April as scheduledDisney and
ESPN stepped in, asking for Dana White to cancelUFC defiance of Covid-19 outbreak is reckless, irresponsibleUFC 249 was canceled Thursday after ESPN and parent company
Disney stopped UFC president Dana White’s plan to keep fighting amid the coronavirus pandemic.
After defiantly vowing for weeks to maintain a regular schedule of fights while the rest of the sports world halted, White confirmed the decision to cease competition in a text to the Associated Press.