White confident UFC event coming to Afghanistan
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When UFC president Dana White first mentioned earlier this month that a forthcoming UFC event will likely…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – When UFC president Dana White first mentioned earlier this month that a forthcoming UFC event will likely take place in the war-torn country of Afghanistan, there appeared to be more questions than answers surrounding the logistics of how to pull off such a feat.
Questions still remain, but following today’s press conference promoting Saturday’s “Aldo vs. Faber” event, White said he’s “very confident” the UFC will pull it off.
“We actually want to go right into Afghanistan and put on an event in the middle of all the [expletive],” White said. “It’s going to happen. … Anything can happen if you want it to happen bad enough.”
Afghanistan, of course, has been a constant war zone since the U.S. military first launched Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001.
White said he can’t pinpoint exactly when the promotion would visit the country. Truthfully, it’s not completely up to him to decide.
“We’re working on it right now, and it’s so crazy,” White said. “It’s going to be so freaky that they can’t tell us exactly when and where it’s going to be. The military is going to let us know when we can do it.
“It’s going to be crazy, man. We’re going to go right into the middle of this thing and put on an event.”
