The UFC is coming to the White Home.
On Thursday at a rally in Iowa, President Donald Trump introduced plans to host a UFC occasion on the bottom of the White Home someday in 2026 as a part of his formidable plans to have fun 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in america.
“Does anyone watch UFC?” Trump stated to his supporters in attendance. “The good Dana White. We’re going to have a UFC combat on the grounds of the White Home. We now have loads of land there. Dana’s going to do it. Dana’s nice, one in every of a sort. We’re going to have a UFC combat, a championship combat, like full combat, 20, 25,000 folks and we’re going to try this as a part of 250 additionally.
“We’re going to have some unbelievable occasions. Some skilled occasions, some beginner occasions however the UFC combat’s going to be an enormous deal, too.”
After all, Trump maintains an in depth friendship with UFC CEO Dana White, who has usually spoken for the president prior to now together with appearances on the Republican Nationwide Conference and even stumping for him throughout appearances forward of the 2020 election.
Trump is a daily fixture at many UFC occasions together with the latest UFC 316 card in New Jersey the place quite a few athletes leapt over the octagon to greet the president sitting cageside.
Whereas the UFC has held occasions in Washington D.C. beforehand, it might be a primary for a significant sporting occasion to truly happen on the grounds of the White Home. How precisely that might unfold stays to be seen however the UFC additionally posted the clip on the promotion’s Instagram account.
Trump unveiled quite a few concepts he has for American 250 together with the Patriot Video games, which can pit youth athletes from all 50 states in varied occasions to compete in opposition to one another.
Trump’s announcement additionally assuredly provides yet one more piece to the puzzle for the UFC as the corporate continues to barter a brand new broadcast rights deal in 2026. The possibility to showcase the primary ever sporting occasion on the White Home is definitely a cherry on prime of no matter partnership the UFC brokers with the promotion reportedly searching for round $1 billion per yr as a part of the brand new deal.
