Dana White confirms UFC will be back in Las Vegas by the end of May

UFC live events are officially up and running and UFC president Dana White has w confirmed that he is going to host next event on May 30 in Las Vegas. Initially, it was speculated that upcoming UFC Fight Night will be hosted in Arizona if Las Vegas fails to open its doors to sporting community by end of this month. However, it w appears that Las Vegas is rey to bring sports back to Sin City and UFC will reportedly st its next event on May 30 in Vegas. While full fight card is yet to be declared, former welterweight champion Tyron Woodley is scheduled to heline event against 170 lbs contender Gilbert Burns.

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Dana White confirms UFC live events will be back in Las Vegas on May 30

According to reports of Las Vegas Review Journal, UFC president Dana White has given green signal to event as he went on to state, “We are a go”. However, fans will t be permitted in arena and UFC has chalked up plans to keep hosting events behind closed doors with threat of pandemic still looming large. While UFC has alrey conducted three successful events - UFC 249 ‘Ferguson vs Gaethje, UFC Fight Night ‘Smith vs Texeira’, UFC Fight Night ‘Overeem vs Harris’ - in Jacksonville, Florida, Dana White is reportedly looking forward to settling on Las Vegas as UFC's next destination.

Meanwhile UFC president Dana White thrilled combat sports community by revealing his plans regarding UFC Fight Island. While all major sports league came to a halt following pandemic, Dana White stunned UFC fans by claiming that he is looking to host events on a private island. As per reports, UFC is all set to organise first-ever Fight Island event in June and Cor McGregor vs Jorge Masvidal is being billed as a possible matchup to heline event.

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UFC live events: Dana White and UFC Fight Island

Though plans for UFC Fight Island event are yet to be finalised, Dana White has reassured fans that event will go ahe in next few months. Apart from Cor McGregor and Jorge Masvidal, several UFC fighters have expressed an interest in competing on Fight Island including likes of former fearweight champion Max Holloway and Israel esanya.

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