2020年5月10日UFC 249期 – 直播[全程视频] Ferguson vs. Gaethje

雏量级冠军战：亨利-塞胡多（Henry Cejudo）（C） TKO 胜 多米尼克-克鲁兹（Dominick Cruz）

这场雏量级冠军战的第一回合中，两位选手都选择通过低扫试探对手并创造进攻机会。双方的移动非常积极，但实质性的进攻接触并不多。2分半左右时，塞胡多趁克鲁兹出腿进攻时将他抱摔放倒，但压制并不成功，后者很快就回到了站立状态。

第二回合的大部分时间里，两人继续在站立对攻中寻找机会。积极的移动使得两人都没有太多重击命中彼此，低扫依然是双方的主要进攻手段。4分40秒左右时，两人的额头撞在一起，导致塞胡多面部出血而暂停了比赛。恢复时间后，塞胡多抓住克鲁兹前冲抱摔自己的机会一记膝击将他击倒在地，随后的连续追打使得裁判在距离回合结束只有2秒时终止了比赛。这样一来，塞胡多就通过TKO击败了克鲁兹，成功卫冕UFC雏量级冠军头衔。

赛后，33岁的塞胡多宣布自己正式退役。

重量级：佛朗西斯-纳干诺（Francis Ngannou）（#2） KO 胜 贾伊津霍-罗森斯特鲁克（Jairzinho Rozenstruik）（#6）

比赛开始后两位选手进行了几次试探性接触，之后纳干诺前突展开猛攻，接连后退的罗森斯特鲁克在躲开几拳后最终还是被对手的重击命中下巴，直接遭到KO终结，用时仅为20秒钟。这也是纳干诺连续第4场比赛在1分钟之内KO终结对手。

羽量级：杰里米-史蒂芬斯（Jeremy Stephens）（#7） KO 负 加尔文-凯塔尔（Calvin Kattar）（#9）

比赛的第一回合双方选手展开了非常激烈的对攻战。史蒂芬斯在进攻方面更为主动，而凯塔尔则在躲避的同时予以还击，回合后半段，两位选手打成了势均力敌的局面。第二回合，史蒂芬斯在场面上略占上风，他多次将凯塔尔逼迫带笼边展开进攻，但对手的躲避非常出色，没有陷入到危机中。2分42秒时，凯塔尔在对攻中一记右肘击中了史蒂芬斯的面部，直接将他击倒在地，随后的追击使得裁判立刻终止了比赛。

重量级：格雷-哈迪（Greg Hardy） 一致判定 胜 尤根-德-卡斯特罗（Yorgan De Castro）

哈迪在身高和臂展上都占据明显优势，因此卡斯特罗在第一回合里对他的腿部展开了猛烈的进攻，多记低扫命中哈迪左腿上侧，使对手的腿部明显肿胀。而哈迪在4分钟左右时获得了一次进攻良机，在笼边连续猛攻卡斯特罗，但未能重创对手。第二回合，卡斯特罗继续进攻哈斯的腿部，使得其肿胀更加严重，这也影响了哈迪的移动，他在后半个回合里的进攻多数停留在原地，难以命中对手。

第三回合开局阶段，哈迪加强了进攻，但都被卡斯特罗有惊无险地化解。回合中段，卡斯特罗不慎摔倒，哈迪尝试上位压制，但始终没有合适的机会进入地面，只得放弃让对手站起。剩下的时间里两位选手站立对攻，都无法给对手造成更多的威胁。最终三回合的比赛结束，哈迪以30-27， 30-27， 30-27的点数一致判定获胜。

各项最佳花红方面，“最佳比赛”花红颁给了托尼-弗格森 VS 贾斯汀-加瑟基的轻量级临时冠军战。两个“最佳表现”花红分别授予了贾斯汀-加瑟基和佛朗西斯-纳干诺。

A UFC Lightweight Championship bout between the champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and interim champion Tony Ferguson (also The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs. Team dos Santos welterweight winner) was slated to headline this event. The pairing had previously been scheduled and cancelled for various reasons on four occasions (The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber Finale, UFC on Fox: Teixeira vs. Evans, UFC 209 and UFC 223) over the last four years. The bout was cancelled for a fifth time due to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic (see section below).

A featherweight bout between Jeremy Stephens and Calvin Kattar was expected to take place at UFC 248. However, Stephens was removed from the card in mid-January with an injury. The pairing was rescheduled for this event.

A heavyweight bout between Shamil Abdurakhimov and Ciryl Gane was scheduled for the event. However, it was announced on March 5 that Gane was forced to pull out of the event after he was struck by a pneumothorax in training and the bout was eventually scrapped.

A welterweight bout between former Bellator Welterweight Champion Lyman Good and Belal Muhammad was scheduled for this event. The pairing was previously expected to meet at UFC 205 in November 2016, but Good was pulled from that event after being notified by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) due to a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test. However, Good pulled out due to injury on April 4 and the bout was scrapped. It was announced on April 20 that Good actually tested positive for COVID-19, being the first fighter to publicly acknowledge the fact.

A women's strawweight rematch between former UFC Women's Strawweight Champions Jéssica Andrade and Rose Namajunas was expected to co-headline the event. The pairing previously met at UFC 237 in May 2019, where Andrade won via second round TKO to capture the title. However, Namajunas pulled out on April 8 due to personal reasons, with her manager citing a pair of deaths in the family related to the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason.

COVID-19 pandemic – the April 18 date is postponed

On March 12, New York governor Andrew Cuomo issued an order restricting mass gatherings and sporting events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed] Four days later, UFC president Dana White announced via a letter to employees shared to the public that this event "is still scheduled as planned, but the location may change".On March 18, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) announced that the event would not be sanctioned to take place at the event's original site, the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.On March 23, White revealed that he already had a new location for this event, but would only confirm that it will be held behind closed doors.White subsequently added on March 25 that the card could feature a different lineup, depending on the logistics.

Khabib Nurmagomedov stated on March 30 that he was in Dagestan and his participation at the event could be jeopardized due to travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[28] He stated on April 1 that he would probably not be competing at the event and reinforced that people should be in quarantine anyhow.[29][30] He later confirmed that he would compete if a location was given and they were able to move him there, but did not see it happening.

The UFC announced on April 6 that Nurmagomedov would be replaced by former WSOF Lightweight Champion Justin Gaethje, with an interim title to be disputed between him and Tony Ferguson. The rest of the card also underwent changes, with the following fights being added as well:

• A heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Championship challenger Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruik. The bout was originally scheduled to headline UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik on March 28, but the event was cancelled due to the pandemic.^[35]
• A heavyweight bout between Greg Hardy and Yorgan De Castro; the bout was originally scheduled for UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik.
• A welterweight rematch between Vicente Luque and Niko Price; both fighters were expected to face different opponents at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris. They first met at UFC Fight Night: Brunson vs. Machida in October 2017, where Luque won via second round submission.
• Islam Makhachev was expected to face Alexander Hernandez in a lightweight bout, but was removed from the event due to travel restrictions and replaced by Omar Morales.
• A bantamweight bout between Marlon Vera and former UFC Flyweight Championship challenger Ray Borg; Vera was expected to compete against a different opponent at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik.
• Ottman Azaitar was expected to face Khama Worthy in a lightweight bout, but was removed from the event due to travel restrictions and replaced by Michael Johnson.
• A light heavyweight bout between Ryan Spann and Sam Alvey; Alvey was expected to compete against a different opponent at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik.

The following fights were removed from the event and are expected to be rescheduled for future cards:

• A light heavyweight bout between Magomed Ankalaev and Ion Cuțelaba (a rematch from their meeting at UFC Fight Night: Benavidez vs. Figueiredo).
• A heavyweight bout between Ben Rothwell and Gian Villante.
• A middleweight bout between Karl Roberson and Makhmud Muradov.
• A bantamweight bout between Hunter Azure and Umar Nurmagomedov.

A location for the event was not revealed, but Dana White said the UFC's temporary home would host U.S.-based fighters who aren't barred from traveling domestically. On April 7, Secretary of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation Halsey Beshears made a post on Twitter, offering to help sanction and host UFC events in the state. It was later revealed that the event was expected to take place at Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino in Lemoore, California, the site of several events for the defunct World Extreme Cagefighting and Tachi Palace Fights promotions.

On April 9, White announced that this event would not take place as scheduled and all other UFC events would be suspended until further notice, citing interventions from high-ranking staff of the UFC's U.S. media rightsholders, ESPN Inc. and parent The Walt Disney Company.It was later revealed that the 40th governor of California, Gavin Newsom, influenced the decision of cancelling the event.

May 9 – a new date is set for the event

The promotion originally planned UFC 250 to take place at Ginásio do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil on May 9.On April 7, it was announced that the venue would be used as a field hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil and would not be able to host the fight card.

A UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between the current champion Henry Cejudo (also former UFC Flyweight Champion and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in freestyle wrestling) and former WEC and two-time UFC Featherweight Champion José Aldo was expected to serve as that event's headliner.However, Aldo withdrew on April 8 due to visa issues as the event was expected to be moved to the United States. While not officially announced by the promotion at the time, former two-time bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz (who hadn't fought since December 2016) was expected to replace him.

A UFC Women's Featherweight Championship bout between the current champion Amanda Nunes (also the current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion) and former Invicta FC Featherweight Champion Felicia Spencer was expected to serve as the co-headliner. Nunes announced on April 20 that she would not compete on this date due to her desire to have a full training camp.

Due to the event being expected to be relocated to the United States, several changes were made due to fighters being unable to compete due to visa issues:

• A light heavyweight bout between the former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Maurício Rua (also 2005 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Champion) and Antônio Rogério Nogueira was cancelled. The pairing previously met at PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 and UFC 190, with Rua winning both fights.
• Ketlen Vieira, who was expected to face Marion Reneau in a women's bantamweight bout.
• Former bantamweight title challenger Bethe Correia, who was expected to face Pannie Kianzad in a women's bantamweight bout.
• Augusto Sakai, who was expected to face former WSOF Heavyweight Champion Blagoy Ivanov in a heavyweight bout.
• Carlos Felipe, who was expected to face Sergey Spivak in a heavyweight bout.

On April 21, it was announced that the UFC moved UFC 249 to the new date, marking the promotion's return after the first wave of cancellations, most likely in Florida. Florida venues are permitted to host UFC events behind closed doors as a result of Executive Order 20-91 signed April 9, 2020 by governor Ron DeSantis, specifically stating as an essential service, "employees at a professional sports and media production with a national audience - including any athletes, entertainers, production team, executive team, media team and any others necessary to facilitate including services supporting such production - only if the location is closed to the general public." They confirmed the new card on April 24, with the Ferguson vs. Gaethje bout still scheduled to serve as the event headliner.^[53] The organization also announced that it would host two other events on May 13 and 16, both in Jacksonville. The rest of the card featured the following fights:

• A women's strawweight bout between former Invicta FC and inaugural UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Carla Esparza and former Invicta FC Atomweight Champion Michelle Waterson. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Harris on April 11, one of the first events cancelled due to the pandemic.
• A featherweight bout between Bryce Mitchell and Charles Rosa. The bout was originally scheduled for UFC Fight Night: Hermansson vs. Weidman a week earlier.
• Bouts already scheduled for the original UFC 250 event on May 9 – the previously mentioned UFC Bantamweight Championship bout between Henry Cejudo and Dominick Cruz, as well as a heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabrício Werdum and Aleksei Oleinik.
• A welterweight rematch between former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Anthony Pettis and former lightweight title challenger Donald Cerrone. The pairing previously met in a lightweight bout at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson in January 2013, where Pettis won via first round knockout.

Fights that were originally expected to take place at this event on April 18, but later expected to be rescheduled for future cards included Hernandez vs. Morales, Vera vs. Borg, Worthy vs. Johnson and a women's bantamweight bout between Sijara Eubanks and Sarah Moras.

At the weigh-ins, Jeremy Stephens weighed in at 150.5 pounds, four and a half pounds over the featherweight non-title fight limit. He was fined 30% of his purse and his bout with Calvin Kattar proceeded at a catchweight.Additionally, a middleweight bout between former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Ronaldo Souza and Uriah Hall was cancelled after Souza and two of his cornermen tested positive for COVID-19.