A UFC fight at the White House is in the works, according to President Trump!
Today, while speaking in Iowa, President Trump announced that he and Dana White are planning to host a UFC fight right on the White House grounds as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration.
What could be more epic?!
Watch President Trump’s announcement right here:
HOLY SMOKES: Trump says he and Dana White will host a UFC CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT at the White House for America’s 250th year celebration!
Yes, you read that right. The octagon on the White House lawn.
This might go down as one of the most watched sporting events of all time!… pic.twitter.com/ylWjsHnQIk
— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) July 4, 2025
HOLY SMOKES: Trump says he and Dana White will host a UFC CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT at the White House for America’s 250th year celebration!Yes, you read that right. The octagon on the White House lawn.This might go down as one of the most watched sporting events of all time!President Trump just dropped the bombshell at his rally in Iowa moments ago:“Battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of America 250.”“And I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight.”“We’re going to have a UFC fight…think of this…on the grounds of the White House.”He described the plan in classic Trump style:“We have a lot of land there. We’re going to build a little….we’re not, Dana is going to do it. Dana’s great. One of a kind.”“Going to have a UFC fight….championship fight, FULL fight. Like 20–25,000 people and we’re going to do that as part of 250.”The idea of a title fight on the South Lawn is pretty cool!
UFC CEO Dana White and President Trump are longtime buddies.
During President Trump’s last appearance at a UFC match, Dana White accompanied him.
President Trump announced his plan in Iowa to have a UFC match at the White House during the kickoff for a year’s worth of festivities to celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 4, 2026.
A White House spokesperson said they had no details to share beyond the president’s… pic.twitter.com/1VkESoYvDy
— ESPN (@espn) July 4, 2025
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Trump’s plans are serious, though we don’t know many specifics at this time.
Per Axios:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is “dead serious” about the UFC fight plans, per a White House pool report.
Along with the awesome UFC fight, President Trump also has many other celebratory events scheduled, including the Patriot Games, which will feature the top U.S. high school athletes from around the nation.
Trump’s visit to Iowa was planned as a kickoff to the America250 events ahead of next year’s Independence Day, but doubled as a celebration of the president’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that passed hours earlier, fulfilling campaign pledges to cut taxes on tips, overtime and Social Security benefits.
Trump, who spoke for more than an hour, had spent much of the prior night twisting the arms of holdout House Republicans going into the final vote.
“We’re going to have some incredible events, some professional events, some amateur events. But the UFC fight is going to be a big deal, too,” Trump said, forecasting plans for “every one of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites” to host “special events in honor of ‘America250’.”
ADVERTISEMENTTrump said there would be a “Great American State Fair” in Iowa and at fairgrounds across the country, “culminating in a giant patriotic festival next summer on the National Mall, featuring exhibits from all 50 states.”
He said he also would be “officially opening the National Garden of American heroes, a vast outdoor park featuring statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived.”
A sporting event called the Patriot Games, meanwhile, would feature “top high school athletes from all 50 states,” he said.
“Exactly one year from tomorrow, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding with a birthday party the likes of which you have never seen before,” Trump touted.
“Together, we’re going to ensure that America’s 250th anniversary is the single greatest year in the city of our country.”
The Big Apple will also host a huge event for the nation’s semiquincentennial bash. Sail4th 250 will be a six-day celebration featuring more than 30 tall ships from international militaries, a Blue Angels flight show, displays of rare historical documents and more.
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