{"id":23114,"date":"2020-03-26T07:02:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=23114"},"modified":"2020-03-26T07:02:01","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T07:02:01","slug":"oddsmakers-pick-ufc-249-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=23114","title":{"rendered":"Oddsmakers Pick UFC 249 Location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, recently stated that he had a location for UFC 249 &mdash; set to go down on April 18, 2020 &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/23\/21191868\/ufc-dana-white-has-found-location-ufc-249-khabib-ferguson-closed-door-event-mma\">locked down<\/a>. Though he wouldn&rsquo;t reveal details, the confident promoter teased an announcement within the coming weeks. Oddsmakers, though, seem to think they have it figured out. <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Khabib: UFC 249 Location Could Be Coming Soon\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/17\/21184408\/khabib-dana-white-send-location-tony-ferguson-ufc-249-title-fight-next-couple-days-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/sportsbook\/futures-and-props\/mma-props\">BetOnline.ag<\/a>, Florida seems to be the likely destination to land the Khabib Nurmagomedov vs Tony Ferguson sweepstakes at a 2-to-1 favorite. So why Florida? It&rsquo;s one of the few states that most-recently staged a successful event in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Indeed, Combat Night Pro 18 went down last Saturday night (March 21) in Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"Khabib Returns To Russia Ahead Of UFC 249\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/23\/21190735\/khabib-nurmagomedov-packs-up-ufc-249-training-camp-returns-russia-coronavirus-mma\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Should the lightweight title fight come to pass in the state of Florida, it will be a closed door event, which means no fans will be in attendance, with only a select few UFC staff members and athletic commissioners allowed inside. United Arab Emirates and Russia are also in the mix, with Mexico not too far behind. <\/p>\n<p>Check out the rest of the possible options below:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Florida                            2\/1       <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>United Arab Emirates    7\/2       <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Russia                             4\/1       <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mexico                            5\/1       <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Saudi Arabia                   9\/1       <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>South Africa                   10\/1     <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Nevada                           14\/1     <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>International Waters      25\/1     <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Area 51                           80\/1     <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>North Korea                   100\/1  <\/em> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It was recently revealed that a heavyweight fight between Francis Ngannou and Jairzinho Rozenstruick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/3\/25\/21194390\/ufc-249-fight-card-expected-add-francis-ngannou-vs-jairzinho-rozenstruik-mma\">could be added to the card<\/a>, which also features a co-main event fight between Jessica Andrade and Rose Namajunas.<\/p>\n<p>That said, if the event &mdash; which was supposed to go down in Brooklyn, N.Y. &mdash; actually happens, don&rsquo;t expect it to look the way it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2020\/1\/29\/21113825\/latest-ufc-249-fight-card-rumors-updates-khabib-vs-ferguson-ppv-april-18-brooklyn-mma\">originally constructed<\/a>, as several travel bans and restrictions across the world have made it difficult to get to their desired destinations. <\/p>\n<aside>\n<div data-anthem-component=\"readmore\" data-anthem-component-data='{\"stories\":[{\"title\":\"How Coronavirus Affects UFC 249 &amp; MMA | Khabib Nurmagomedov vs. Tony Ferguson\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N5j4lAdhhV4\"}]}'><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/p>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Chris Unger\/Zuffa LLC Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president, Dana White, recently stated that he had a location for UFC 249 &mdash; set to go down on April 18, 2020 &mdash; locked down. Though he wouldn&rsquo;t reveal details, the confident promoter teased an announcement within the coming weeks. Oddsmakers, though, seem to think they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}