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The UFC's unprecedented card at the White House appears to officially be happening.
UFC CEO Dana White announced on social media that he had productive meetings at the White House on Thursday and indicated they are really moving forward with the spectacle for next year's Fourth of July celebration:
"We had the meeting at the White House. Could not have gone better. This is going to be awesome. The White House fight is on. I’ll have more details on that in the next couple weeks, but we got it done today.”
The card is part of the Trump administration's America250 celebration, honoring the semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. President Donald Trump, who has ties to White and the UFC going back decades, floated the idea around this year's Fourth of July and the two sides quickly started working things out.
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Details for the card remain scarce, but White has hinted at the event being held on the south lawn of the White House, while Trump spoke of setting enough seating for 20,000 to 25,000 people.
Before the meeting, White said he was planning to iron out the logistical questions surrounding the card with Trump and his people:
"I'm dealing with the logistics and all the things on figuring out how to make this thing happen. How do we want to do it? I'm going to fly out there in about 10 days, and we'll have all the renderings done, sit down with [Trump] and go through the renderings, and see what he wants to do and doesn't want to do.
"The difference with the White House is I don't think they've ever had anything very heavy out on the lawn, and the Octagon alone weighs 20,000 pounds."
As for which fighters will take part, there appear to be no shortage of volunteers in a sport where the athletes skew overwhelming right-wing. Conor McGregor and Michael Chandler are among those who have signaled an interest, and there's also Jon Jones, who eagerly raised his hand only for White to shoot him down as too much of a risk.
The event would be the first professional sporting event hosted at the White House in U.S. history, though there have been many recreational events. It would also represent a demonstration of how far the sport of MMA has moved in the public consciousness, going from being banned in more than 30 states to being the sporting event of choice of the federal government.
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Trump had a significant role in that transition, as his eagerness to host UFC events at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City helped the promotion survive in its early days. He and White became close friends, with the executive introducing him at the 2024 Republican National Convention and frequently welcoming him at UFC events. And now, it appears Trump will be hosting White for a card.
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