\n Posted on: September 20, 2025, 03:30h.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
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- Special UFC event planned for White House front lawn next summer<\/b><\/li>\n
- Event moved to June\u00a0because of logistical issues<\/b><\/li>\n
- McGregor again expresses interest to return to the Octagon for the event<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Details are starting to come in for the UFC White House event coming up next summer<\/strong> to help celebrate America\u2019s 250th<\/sup> birthday.<\/p>\n
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U.S. President Donald Trump at UFC 316. UFC CEO and President Dana White released renderings showing how next year\u2019s UFC White House event will look, with Conor McGregor offering updates on his involvement on the main card. Image\/White House.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n 5,000 Seat Stadium<\/h2>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump is a big UFC fan, has attended multiple events live, and asked UFC CEO and President Dana White in July to put together an elite card for a live event to be held on the lawn of the White House.<\/p>\n
White went on Fox News last night to reveal new renderings for the event<\/a><\/strong>, which showed the Octagon on the lawn, White House in the background, surrounded by under 5,000 seats.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy vision for this thing is we have this big arch, with the lighting grid, because what I want is the White House on the back, and when the fight goes around to the other side, you\u2019ll see the Washington Monument,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n
McGregor Versus Chandler Main Card?<\/h2>\n
There\u2019s also going to be a viewing party in a park, with multiple TV screens, that can fit 85,000 people, with a stage, music, so people can bring blankets, lay around on the grass and watch the fights.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to take over Washington, DC,\u201d White said. \u201cIt is an incredible opportunity, not only for the fans, for the sport, and for the fighters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
White said the UFC event is part of Trump\u2019s desire to bring more people to visit the White House.<\/p>\n
Weigh-In At Lincoln Memorial<\/h2>\n
UFC stars like Conor McGregor and Jon Jones, who had just retired from the sport when Trump made his announcement last July, have both said they want to fight in the event<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
McGregor is a possibility, although with the Irishman these days you never know whether it\u2019s a branding play<\/a> to keep his name in the headlines to sell whisky or boost runs for political office in his native Ireland.<\/p>\n
This is what he told Fox News\u2019 Brian Kilmeade this week: \u201cI am on it. Michael Chandler and myself have done the show Ultimate Fighter. We have a good back and forth. He\u2019s a good, tough guy. The Mac is excited to come back for sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
White: McGregor Is \u201cMotivated\u201d<\/h2>\n
Chandler went on Fox host Laura Ingraham\u2019s show later yesterday and said this: \u201cThis will be an experience we will never see again, fighting at the White House. It\u2019s going to be absolutely spectacular on America\u2019s birthday no less. One thing is for sure \u2013 expect the unexpected. When you got Dana White and Donald Trump, they have promotional brains behind it, then expect the unexpected. Nothing is impossible for these gentlemen.<\/p>\n
\u201cConor and I have history. I am the opponent he wants. He is the opponent I want.<\/strong> That would be a heck of a main event for UFC White House. You\u2019ll have all the build-up to the fight, you\u2019re talking about 250 years of this great nation of ours, America\u2019s birthday, July at the White House. This has all of the ingredients needed to be the biggest fight in UFC history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Event Moved to June<\/h2>\n
According to reporting<\/a>, the event was originally scheduled to be held July 4 but had to be moved in June because of logistical issues.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
- Event moved to June\u00a0because of logistical issues<\/b><\/li>\n