Three months into the UFC schedule’s pandemic era, the promotion held its first formal, in-person pre-fight news conference Thursday, hyping the UFC 252 main event trilogy between heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic and former titleholder Daniel Cormier . No virtual media day this time, with people asking dozens of variations of “How did your fight camp go?” over Zoom. Nope, we’re talking a real, live presser at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, home of Saturday night’s pay-per-view card, with the fighters, UFC president Dana White, company staff, and media in attendance. What went down for the next 40 minutes seemed to veer between everything seeming normal for a little while, spliced with occasional reminders that we are still in the midst of a strange era. It immediately felt like old times in one respect: The event started more than 20 minutes late
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