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The CEO of UFC, Dana White, has built even more intrigue around a possible fighting card in the White House next year.
White predicted that he will have “the best fighting card ever gathered” for the June 2026 event that could take place on the White House grass.
“If you look at what we are looking at the barrel now, we are about to go to a new network in Paramount. We need to offer a huge and incredible card in January,” White said after UFC 320 on Saturday night, according to Yahoo Sports. “Then, in February, we will start looking in the construction of the White House card, which I will now say that it will be the best fighting card ever gathered in the history of at least this company.”
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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)
While White has addressed many questions about the first destiny of its kind, he said that the idea is still in the preliminary stages.
“We are still talking about production and how everything will work in the White House,” he said. “We have not begun to negotiate any fight for the White House.”
UFC will move exclusively to Paramount in January after an agreement of $ 7.7 billion to leave ESPN, where it has been issued for many years.
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White added that superstar fighters have been pressing to be part of the White House card, although they have not started negotiations.
Among them is Conor McGregor, but white temperature expectations for their long -awaited return to the octagon.
“I made it clear that Conor wants to fight in that letter, and you can see that Conor is very excited to fight in that letter,” White said. “But nothing is still done, and fights are negotiated with the White House.”
The CEO of UFC, Dana White (left) speaks with the president -elect Donald Trump in the rings during UFC 309 at the Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner/Imagn images)
The UFC event is expected to be part of the 250th birthday celebration of the United States. White said previously that it was the idea of ​​President Donald Trump to organize the fight in his residence in Washington, DC
“I didn’t ask, he brought it to me,” White said in the “Unpaulive” Podcast of Logan Paul last month.
“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,” White continued. “He wants to do more things like children who enter the search for Easter eggs, things at Christmas and special events … That is his thing. He wants to bring more Americans to the White House. The thing was: ‘This is your home’. I was lucky, he said: ‘We should fight here.'”
White also confirmed a rumor that the fighters would leave the Oval office before entering the octagon.
“This is a unique opportunity, once in life that will never happen again,” White added.
Dana White is seen on stage during the Canelo V Crawford press conference at the T-Mobile Arena on September 11, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Tko Worldwide LLC through Getty Images)
White and Trump have been friends for years, and Trump attended numerous UFC fights. White also spoke at the Republican National Convention when Trump was running for the first time for president almost a decade ago.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month that weighs will take place in the Memorial Lincoln. The event was initially planned for July 4, but logistics problems have taken it to June, according to the report.
