As per multiple people who have close contacts inside the organisation, UFC 249 event on May 9th is happening in Florida.

People who requested to stay anonymous, because the organisation plans are not official yet, told insider plans to MMA Fighting.com. As well, they said that the fighters will be flown to Jacksonville before the travelling to still unknown venue.

This event was originally scheduled to take place in Brooklyn, New York before it was moved to Tachi Palace Casino Resort in California but at the end, whole event was postponed due to COVID 19 outbreak.

State of Florida is now available for closed doors events, since states governor Ron DeSantis issued an order of approving essential businesses which could include MMA. The order enables events for “employees at a professional sports and media production with a national audience — including any athletes, entertainers, production team, executive team, media team and any others necessary to facilitate including services supporting such production — only if the location is closed to the general public.”

UFC 249 card as far as we know should include pair of title fights: Tony Ferguson takes on Justin Gaethje for the interim lightweight title, and bantamweight champion Henry Cejudo defends his title against former champion Dominick Cruz.

Eddie Bravo, Tony Fergusons grappling coach and BJJ legend, posted picture on Instagram and Twitter with a caption: Tony Ferguson vs Justin Gaethje, UFC 249, May 9th.