‘And I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight… Does anybody watch UFC and the great Dana White?’ Trump asked the crowd of MAGA faithful. ‘We’re going to have a UFC fight. We’re going to have a UFC fight,’ Trump continued. ‘Think of this – on the grounds of the White House.’
‘We have a lot of land there,’ he continued. ‘We’re going to build a little – we’re not, Dana’s going to do it, Dana’s great, one of a kind – we’re going to have a UFC fight, championship fight, full fight, like 20-25,000 people.’
MMA fans were not thrilled of the idea of a UFC card on the White House grounds, especially after a resurfaced clip of White showed his disdain for mixing sports with politics.
‘One of the thing that I’ve really tried to do through this whole thing is stay out of politics,’ White House in 2021, three months after Trump vacated the White House to Joe Biden. ‘When people tune into watch sports, they don’t want to hear that crap. They don’t want to hear what your opinions are or who you’re voting for, what you’re doing, they want to get away from everything in their life and they want to focus on two, three, four hours, however long the sport is when you turned it on.’
Fans of the UFC have parted with Donald Trump over his teasing of fights at the White House
Trump and UFC President Dana White have been longtime friends prior to the announcement
Trump has teased a possible UFC event on the White House lawn with up to 25,000 attending
‘The UFC has turned MMA into the most political sport on the planet,’ read a comment on the resurfaced clip. ‘A UFC fight at the White House? @danawhite this you right?’
‘The White House should honor service and unity. A fight night feels out of place for 250 years of legacy,’ one UFC fan said.
‘On the 250th, we’re turning the White House lawn into a UFC octagon. NEWTON had gravity, we’ve got impact force – and it’s gonna be tremendous. KINETIC energy flying everywhere, Secret Service calculating momentum like it’s MIT. Founding Fathers? They’d be ringside yelling, “Let freedom SWING!”‘ a second UFC supporter stated.
‘The real fight is Trump vs any piece of paper with more words on it than pictures,’ a third stated.
‘Most entertaining POTUS ever,’ a fourth continued.
‘Turning the White House lawn to a pay-per-view event. What a f***ing joke,’ a fifth added.
‘He cheapens everything. Really … everything,’ another person stated.
One fan tried offered up his dream matchup at the White House: ”I wish it would be [Jon] Jones and [Tom] Aspinall. Hopefully, they can talk him out of retirement. That would be the biggest fight in UFC history’
‘Why stop there. Might as well bring in the colosseum animals, too,’ another person concluded.
Trump sat ringside at UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden last year and met Jon Jones
Trump also hugged and kissed UFC champion Kayla Harrison on the cheek last month
A collection of messages about Donald Trump teasing UFC fights at the White House lawn
The 250th birthday of America will fall on a Saturday, which coincides with the day of the week most major UFC events are held.
Daily Mail has reached out to UFC representatives for a response to Trump’s comments.
During Trump’s remarks at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, he recalled how he had promised Iowans – ahead of the all-important Iowa caucuses – that he would kick off America’s birthday in the Hawkeye State if he was elected again.
‘Two years ago I came to Iowa and promised that the festivities would begin right here at the Iowa State Fairgrounds and tonight here I am, OK?’ Trump said. ‘Promises kept.’
The crowd cheered.
‘There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago when Congress passed the one Big, Beautiful Bill to make America Great Again,’ Trump said.
Earlier Thursday, the president achieved his biggest domestic win of his second term thus far, with the narrow GOP-controlled House of Representatives passing the massive legislative package that includes the top Trump agenda items.
White has been a staunch supporter of Trump, hosting him at several UFC events over the last year. White also spoke on stage in Florida as part of Trump’s acceptance speech after winning the Presidential election over Kamala Harris in November.
