An Final Preventing Championship (UFC) occasion on the White Home grounds shall be happening on July 4, 2026, in response to UFC CEO and president Dana White.
“It’s positively going to occur,” White advised CBS Mornings on Aug. 12, saying Independence Day is the proposed date as of now.
White mentioned that he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday in regards to the occasion, deliberate for America’s 250th birthday. He additionally mentioned that he plans to satisfy with Trump and his daughter, Ivanka Trump, on the finish of August to finalize particulars and overview venue renderings.
“When he (Trump) known as me and requested me to do it, he mentioned, ‘I need Ivanka in the midst of this,’” White mentioned. “So Ivanka reached out to me, and her and I began speaking in regards to the prospects, the place it could be and, you recognize, I put collectively all of the renderings.”
White additionally advised The Related Press that the occasion is “completely going to occur” on the presidential house in Washington, D.C., subsequent summer time
“Take into consideration that, the 250th birthday of the US of America, the UFC shall be on the White Home south garden reside on CBS,” he mentioned.
The UFC boss famous it was nonetheless too early to debate a possible principal occasion for the White Home combat night time.
“It is a one-of-one occasion,” White added.
Trump beforehand mentioned final month he wished to stage a UFC match on the White Home grounds with upwards of 20,000 spectators to rejoice 250 years of American independence.
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“Each one among our nationwide park battlefields and historic websites are going to have particular occasions in honour of America 250,” Trump mentioned. “And I even assume we’re going to have a UFC combat. We’re going to have a UFC combat on the grounds of the White Home.”
“Championship combat — full combat,” he added.
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor, who visited the White Home on St. Patrick’s Day, beforehand volunteered to participate within the match.
“Excited with President Trump asserting a UFC combat occasion on the White Home,” he wrote on July 4. “I might be honoured! Depend me in!”
The plans for the first-ever UFC combat on the White Home have been shared hours after Paramount and UFC introduced a billion-dollar rights deal, making the streaming service the brand new house to UFC occasions throughout the U.S. subsequent 12 months, via a seven-year settlement.
Below the cope with UFC, Paramount will solely distribute UFC’s full lineup of its 13 marquee numbered occasions and 30 Struggle Nights on its streaming platform Paramount+ — with choose numbered occasions additionally set to simulcast on CBS — beginning in 2026.
It’s a shift away from the UFC’s current pay-per-view mannequin, which Paramount and TKO Group say will enable the blended martial arts programming to succeed in extra shoppers nationwide.
White mentioned in a submit on the social media platform X that the cope with Paramount will make it extra reasonably priced and accessible for U.S. shoppers to observe UFC occasions.
“This deal places UFC amongst the most important sports activities on the earth,” he wrote. “The publicity supplied by the Paramount and CBS networks beneath this new construction is a large win for our athletes and anybody who watches and loves this sport.”
— With information from The Related Press
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