New reporting: UFC 249 was canceled after California Gov. Gavin Newsom called Disney to express his concerns with the event https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/sports/ufc-249-canceled.html

On a more personal note, @danawhite told an ESPN reporter that my reporting yesterday ( https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/sports/ufc-249-coronavirus-location.html) was “all lies.” Here are his full comments:

The facts are that a UFC PR representative did not answer my phone calls Tuesday or Wednesday. Nobody from the UFC has asked for a single correction. Mark Shapiro, the president of Endeavor — the UFC’s parent company — spoke to me on the record yesterday and raised no concerns.

I asked the UFC tonight for an on-the-record interview with White and whether they have any factual objections to my reporting.

I have not yet gotten a response.