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 bold plans to have fun 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in america.
“Does anyone watch UFC?” Trump mentioned to his supporters in attendance. “The nice Dana White. We’re going to have a UFC struggle on the grounds of the White Home. Now we have loads of land there. Dana’s going to do it. Dana’s nice, one in all a form. We’re going to have a UFC struggle, a championship struggle, like full struggle, 20, 25,000 individuals 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 novice occasions however the UFC struggle’s going to be a giant deal, too.”
In fact, Trump maintains a detailed friendship with UFC CEO Dana White, who has usually spoken for the president previously 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 will be a primary for a serious sporting occasion to truly happen on the grounds of the White Home. How precisely that may 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 numerous occasions to compete towards 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 actually a cherry on high of no matter partnership the UFC brokers with the promotion reportedly looking for round $1 billion per 12 months as a part of the brand new deal.
