Last night, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver voiced some opinions about the UFC on his show. The whole thing was about how sports are trying to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, but the satirist appeared to push some buttons with UFC president Dana White with what he had to say about White’s efforts to push forward. The idea of “Fight Island” was something he really took to task:
“While they couldn’t fly in international fighters for that event, their president Dana White has devised an insane workaround. Yes, the UFC is apparently building a facility on a private island that they’re calling ‘Fight Island.