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Dana White reiterated in the Podcast of Logan Paul that the UFC event in the White House is “happening.”
The event will be part of commemorating the 250th birthday of the United States, and White said it was actually the idea of ​​President Donald Trump.
“I didn’t ask, he brought it to me,” White said about “Unpaulive.”
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President Donald Trump prepares to see the last fighting championship (UFC) with the CEO of UFC, Dana White and Elon Musk, at the Kaseya Center on April 12, 2025, in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty images)
“When you walk around the White House with him, he is very proud of the White House, and loves him so much, and loves the United States. He believes that the White House belongs to the people of America. He wants to do more things like the children who have been making Easter eggs, things at Christmas and special events … That is his thing. He wants to bring more Americans to the White House. His thing was,” This is your home. ” here’ “.
Many specific details of the event remain to be determined, but an important logistic obstacle has already been authorized, said White.
“The combatants will leave the Oval office,” White revealed, confirming a rumor.
The event will be a difficult ticket, since less than 5,000 people will attend. However, “it’s not about the door,” White said.
UFC president Dana White attended for UFC 300 in T-Mobile Arena. (Mark J. Rebila/USA Today Sports)
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“I will do this without a crowd. To be on the White House grass with the backdrop like the White House, I don’t care. It’s not about the crowd for me, it’s about being in the White House … We will be on the grass of the south of the White House,” White said.
“This is a unique opportunity, once in life that will never happen again.”
White and Trump have built a friendship over the years, since Trump has attended numerous UFC fights, and White spoke at the Republican National Convention when Trump was running for the first time for president almost a decade ago. White also said that Trump has been in his corner (without word game) since the first days of UFC.
“The best thing to be a friend of him is that he is a great guy … he thinks when we started the UFC, and made us come to Taj Mahal. The Trump brand was [up here]UFC was [down here.] It is difficult for people to wrap their heads around how this brand looked at the time. The places did not want us, the sponsors, television were terrified of us, the payment by vision would not even put us, sanctions of organizations, athletics commissions did not want to have anything to do with us. So, the way he supported us at the beginning was great. And anything that happened to me in my career, he would be the first boy to communicate. “
Dana White speaks before the president -elect Donald Trump arrives at a demonstration before the 60th presidential inauguration, Sunday, January 19, 2025, in Washington. (Matt Rourke/AP)
He Wall Street Journal He reported earlier this month that weighs will take place in the Memorial Lincoln. Initially, it was reported that the event will take place on July 4, but the logistics problems with that date have taken it to June, according to the report.
