Seems UFC's plans to hold events at a private island and tribal lands got trashed after ESPN and Disney told Dana White to stop his antics regarding the coronavirus.
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Originally Posted by Observer
In a dizzying week for the UFC, Dana White told ESPN's Brett Okamoto Thursday afternoon that UFC 249 is canceled and all upcoming events have been postponed indefinitely.
The reason? The highest levels of Disney, owners of ESPN, and the sports network told him to "stand down" and not do the event, which was set for Lemoore, CA's Tachi Palace Casino a week from this Saturday. ESPN is the UFC's sole North American pay-per-view provider through ESPN+.
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Also after promising new tapings would happen for the NXT UK brand, seems Triple H also backed down since next month's tapings got cancelled. WWE already started dipping into the "Best Of" well for the brand starting with today's episode.
Meanwhile, Impact running new tapings this week in Tennessee was later revealed to be possible because of how laxed the stay at home orders are in the state at the moment.