UFC 249 was on, then off, then back on again, and as such it has necessitated a new piece of key promotional material.
A new UFC 249 poster is out – not that places like bars and restaurants have much use for it. The artwork stayed mostly the same as the previous version, but with one key change.
Joining the interim lightweight title fight between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje is a bantamweight title bout between champion Henry Cejudo and former champ Dominick Cruz.
The revamped UFC 249 card is set to go down May 9 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. Despite stay-at-home orders in place throughout most of the country, the state of Florida has deemed things like a UFC event to be an essential piece of business – opening the door for the promotion to put on an event there, but without fans.
Check out the official new UFC 249 poster above.
The UFC 249 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (Pay-per-view, 10 p.m. ET)
- Tony Ferguson vs. Justin Gaethje – for interim lightweight title
- Champ Henry Cejudo vs. Dominick Cruz – for bantamweight title
- Francis Ngannou vs. Jairzinho Rozenstruik
- Calvin Kattar vs. Jeremy Stephens
- Yorgan De Castro vs. Greg Hardy
PRELIMINARY CARD (ESPN, ESPN+, 6:30 p.m. ET)
- Donald Cerrone vs. Anthony Pettis
- Aleksei Oleinik vs. Fabricio Werdum
- Carla Esparza vs. Michelle Waterson
- Uriah Hall vs. Ronaldo Souza
- Vicente Luque vs. Niko Price
- Bryce Mitchell vs. Charles Rosa
- Sam Alvey vs. Ryan Spann
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