Trump wants to celebrate 250 years of independence with a UFC fight at the White House

President Trump has precocious enjoyed lasting ovations and cage-side seats for respective UFC fights.

DES MOINES, Iowa -- President Donald Trump said Thursday that he's reasoning of staging a UFC lucifer connected the White House grounds with upwards 20,000 spectators to observe 250 years of American independence.

"We person a batch of onshore there," said Trump, a UFC enthusiast who has attended respective of its mixed martial arts matches successful caller months and is adjacent friends with Dana White, the league's president.

Trump announced his program successful Iowa during the kickoff for a year's worthy of festivities to observe America's 250th day connected July 4, 2026.

The Republican president besides announced a culminating festival connected the National Mall successful Washington, and a abstracted diversion contention featuring precocious schoolhouse athletes from crossed the country.

"So each 1 of our nationalist parks, battlefields and historical sites are going to person peculiar events successful grant of America 250. And I adjacent deliberation we're going to person a UFC fight," Trump said.

Think of this connected the grounds of the White House. We person a batch of onshore there," helium said, adding that it would beryllium a "full fight" with 20,000 to 25,000 people.

A White House spokesperson said they had nary details to stock beyond the president's announcement, but White House property caput Karoline Leavitt aboriginal said Trump was "dead serious" astir those plans.

Trump has precocious enjoyed lasting ovations and cage-side seats for respective UFC fights, including an quality instantly aft his 2024 reelection and different conscionable past period alongside White for 2 title fights.