The UFC really wants to return home.
The promotion expects its next card to take place at the UFC APEX in Las Vegas on May 30, with a welterweight fight between former champion Tyron Woodley against Gilbert Burns headlining the show.
UFC president Dana White confirmed plans to the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Wednesday, saying “we are a go on the 30th.”
Since the coronavirus pandemic forced every major sports league to pause operations, the UFC has scrambled to continue doing business during the outbreak. Most recently, the UFC traveled to Jacksonville, Fla.