#UFC249 is not happening ?
No doubt Dana White has been doing all he can to keep UFC249 alive, but the higher ups at ESPN does not want to risk it.
Brett Okamoto of ESPN interviewed Dana White on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xERgcJxYpng

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