UFC 249 may be done and dusted, and the promotion’s foreseeable 2020 schedule on indefinite hold, but there’s still one US promoter out there looking to push ahead with combat sports events in the next couple weeks: Chael Sonnen. The ‘American Gangster’ hasn’t necessarily been dismissive of the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, but when push comes to shove, he hasn’t been willing to put an end to his Submission Underground grappling events either.
“I’m getting way too much credit for this,” Sonnen said in an interview with UFC.com back in March. “We had this on the calendar.