Dana White guarantees he’s going to ship the most important, greatest card potential when the UFC goes to the White Home in 2026, but it surely’s means too quickly for any fantasy matchmaking.
The announcement from President Donald Trump that he needed to carry a UFC card on the White Home as a part of his plans for America’s 250th birthday celebration has been all of the speak for the previous week. White has been orchestrating logistics to deliver such an occasion to Washington D.C. however he’s not even prepared to consider potential fights simply but with the cardboard nonetheless a 12 months away.
“I imply everyone needs to be on this card,” White mentioned on the UFC Nashville post-fight press convention. “You don’t even should know who’s blowing up my telephone. You simply see all of it on the web. However the struggle’s a 12 months away. The panorama will change rather a lot over the subsequent 12 months.”
Because the card was first confirmed, nearly anyone and everyone has volunteered to compete at that occasion together with now former UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who really determined to finish a brief retirement to probably compete on that card.
Jones may find yourself being an possibility however White doesn’t even wish to speculate proper now as a result of the occasion is simply too far-off to even think about potential fights and even fighters for that present.
“We wouldn’t even begin constructing that card — it’s actually a 12 months away from now,” White mentioned. “It’s a 12 months away. It’s not even value speaking about, who could be on the cardboard. Your complete MMA panorama might be completely different a 12 months from now.”
So far as the magnitude of the occasion, White guarantees he’s going to place collectively one thing really spectacular, particularly contemplating this is perhaps the primary and solely card ever held on the White Home.
“It is going to be a pay-per-view card,” White mentioned. “The perfect card we will presumably put collectively.”
Whereas there are nonetheless a number of unknowns in regards to the occasion, White says planning has undoubtedly already began and so they know the placement the place the present is predicted to happen.
Further particulars are anticipated to be hammered out shortly with White anticipated to make a journey to the White Home quickly to take a seat down with Trump to determine precisely how this whole occasion comes collectively.
“We’re going to be on the south garden and actually whenever you’re watching the struggle, it will all be the White Home [on one side] after which behind me would be the Washington Monument,” White mentioned.
“We’re simply entering into the logistics now. My group have already walked the White Home with the workers there. Now we’re placing collectively the design. We’ll all fly out to D.C. and sit down with him and see what he needs to do.”
