UFC welterweight contender Vicente Luque knew there was a risk of his UFC 249 rematch against Niko Price could be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic, however he did not it expect to happen on the same day he got his plane ticket for the event.
After seeing his April 11 bout against Randy Brown fall through when the entire UFC Portland card got cancelled, the ‘Silent Assassin’ was quickly moved to the April 18 card against the aforementioned Price, but it was not too long until that event was postponed until further notice.
In an interview with Combate, Luque says that he was aware of the possibility, but was still disappointed when he got the news.