UFC CEO Dana White says the combat week for UFC White Home might be a particular one, however on combat day, solely a choose variety of individuals will be capable of attend the occasion.
Whereas showing on The Herd selling Saturday’s Canelo vs. Crawford occasion, White was requested about safety on the White Home, and revealed how conferences with President Donald Trump went, and the way a lot safety considerations will issue into the attendance for the historic card.
“So we went to the White Home final week, me and my workforce, and we had the primary assembly with [Trump], we laid out all of the renderings and we began to get him to log off on what he likes and doesn’t like, and he liked it. So yeah, now we’re diving in head first. Now all of the work begins. …
“This final time I used to be on the White Home, I went up on the roof of the White Home they usually bought snipers with 50 cals all around the roof of the White Home. It’s fairly loopy. However, sure, the safety goes to be an enormous subject, as a result of on the finish of the day, Secret Service’s job is to guard the president, and I don’t know the way it’s going to work out so far as having individuals there stay on the garden of the White Home. It’ll be below 5,000 [people] although.”
As of now, not one of the fights have been introduced for the occasion, however big names reminiscent of Conor McGregor and Jon Jones have expressed curiosity in competing on the cardboard — though White has shut down Jones’ involvement on a number of events.
Not solely will or not it’s particular for the promotion and the fighters, followers might be handled to a celebration all through the construct to the 250th birthday celebration of the US.
“There’s a, I can’t bear in mind what they name it, there’s a park that’s related to the White Home, we may put 85,000 individuals over there with screens, and we’re going to place an enormous stage on the market, do concert events,” White stated.
“We’re going to take over Washington, DC that entire week.”