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With less than two weeks remaining before the event, one critical detail of UFC 249 is finally complete while another big question looms.
UFC canceled three events as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company declined to do the same with UFC 249 but has encountered one hurdle after another to stage the pay-per-view.
The first complication arose when the New York State Athletic Commission refused to sanction the card, forcing a move from Brooklyn's Barclays Center. Then Khabib Nurmagomedov announced April 1 he was pulling out of his lightweight championship fight with Tony Ferguson, which wasn't an April Fool's Day joke.