Dana White confirms UFC event at the White House | MMA News
Dana White all the time appears for methods to innovate in the sport of combined martial arts. That custom will proceed when the UFC turns into the first reside fight sporting event at the White House, with Donald Trump‘s blessing.
While the announcement got here as a shock to many, the forty seventh President has a public historical past of supporting the UFC and White. Trump can usually be discovered attending occasions, but if his plans go forward, he will not have to journey far from his workplace to see the fights unfold.
Earlier this month, Donald Trump introduced plans to host a UFC event at the White House. Many fighters expressed curiosity in competing on the card, and while some followers questioned the legitimacy of the event, Dana White has now given affirmation.
“My team already went and walked the White House,” White stated during an look on the Full Send Podcast. “We’re putting together, sort of, the layout for it right now and probably going to pitch it to him in the next week or two.”
“The day that he said he wanted to do it, he put Ivanka [Trump] in charge. I worked with Ivanka and my team and got to where we are now. Now we’ve got to pitch the whole thing to him…”
“He loves the sport, so he wants to do a UFC event there. So, why would we say no to that?”
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White later defined how difficult the event may very well be to put collectively.
“[The event brings] tons of challenges. First of all, I don’t even know how many people can get in. Not to mention the fact [that] Secret Service isn’t going to let a lot of people come to this. Everybody’s going to have background checks.”
“Whoever gets to be there live, it will be such a unique, amazing experience in their lifetime to be able to go to this fight.”
White then detailed how unbelievable the setting may very well be.
“For us, when you think about when the fight is going on, when the fight’s happening and we’re filming, one whole side of the backdrop will be the White House, and then the other side will be the Washington Monument.”
“It’s so unique, so badass, and so ‘once ever’.”
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