With their push to be the first sport back in business during the COVID-19 pandemic, the UFC was always going to have to do some adjusting on the fly. The world’s largest MMA organization arrived in Jacksonville, Fl, with a 30-page plan for how they would hold a fight card while still enforcing as many safety precautions and as much social distancing as possible—along with running pre-event testing. And even if they didn’t follow all those guidelines, Dana White has been quick to herald their preventative measures as a resounding success.
Still, with hopes of running operations out of their Las Vegas based UFC Apex facility for the coming months, the promotion has released a memo to fighters and their camps outlining more stringent guidelines for future events.