Whereas talking at an occasion on the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Thursday, President Donald Trump introduced that the White Home will host a UFC occasion in 2026 function a championship battle.
“Each one in every of our nationwide parks, battlefields and historic websites are going to have particular occasions in honor of America 250, and I even assume we will have a UFC battle,” Trump mentioned to these in attendance.
The occasion will happen on the White Home grounds with the capability to accommodate as much as 25,000 spectators.
“We will have a UFC battle, consider this, on the grounds of the White Home. We’ve got loads of land there. We will construct a bit of, we’re not, Dana’s [White] going to do it. Dana’s nice. One among a sort,” continued Trump.
“We will have a UFC battle, championship battle, full battle, like 20-25,000 folks. And we will do this as a part of 250 additionally. We’re going to have some unimaginable occasions, some skilled occasions, some beginner occasions. However the UFC battle goes to be an enormous deal, too.”
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Trump’s relationship with the battle promotion and UFC CEO Dana White dates again many years. UFC 30: Battle on the Boardwalk passed off at Trump’s Taj Mahal on line casino in Atlantic Metropolis in February 2001. The venue additionally hosted UFC 31: Locked and Loaded three months later.
Trump has attended a number of UFC occasions together with UFC 302, UFC 309, and UFC 314 in Miami in April. White spoke on the Trump marketing campaign path at rallies main as much as final November’s election and launched Trump on the stage on the ultimate night time of the 2024 Republican Nationwide Conference.
It is unclear whether or not the deliberate occasion will happen indoor or out of doors or if it will likely be a Struggle Night time occasion or a pay-per-view.
