Athletistic/ MMA. UFC President Dana White reacted by saying the unexpected situations and reshuffles ahead of UFC 279 were staged.

“There are fools on the internet who think everything was planned. If you think the crazy people who came to the tournament will agree to participate in the production, then you’re just crazy. What happened happened. We had to deal with it, I can’t wait for it to finally be over,” White said.

On the eve of the UFC 279 tournament, Khamzat Chimaev failed the weigh-in and did not go to welterweight, in which he was supposed to fight American Nate Diaz. Dana White redesigned the tournament’s main card, and as a result, American Kevin Holland entered Chimaev’s catchweight rivals, and Nate Diaz fought another American fighter, Tony Ferguson.

The UFC 279 press conference has been canceled due to a massive brawl involving teams of multiple fighters, including the teams of Khamzat Chimaev and Kevin Holland. Many considered that these scandalous situations had been staged in order to attract spectators’ interest in the tournament.