Video: New UFC 249 promo released

Esther Lin, MMA Fighting

Headlined by an interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje that’s being billed as “guaranteed fireworks,” UFC president Dana White has released the newest promo for UFC 249 via his Twitter page.

this is gonna be a FUN fight. Just a little over a week and we will be watchin a LIVE fight again!!! pic.twitter.com/DGJPbbod5F

— danawhite (@danawhite) April 9, 2020

“This is gonna be a FUN fight,” White tweeted. “Just a little over a week and we will be watching a LIVE fight again.”

The event is reportedly expected to take place at on tribal land at Tachi Palace Resort Casino in Lemoore, Calif. UFC 249 was originally scheduled to take place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn but was moved due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.