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President Donald Trump revealed plans last week to have a UFC card in the White House to celebrate the United States’ 250 -year birthday next year.
“Each of our national parks, battlefields and historic places will have special events in honor of ‘America250’, and I even think we will have a UFC match,” Trump said in a speech at Iowa State FairGrounds last week at an address on the evening of the fourth of July.
It would be an unprecedented event, and UFC President Dana White promises “the worst card of the time.”
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Donald Trump talks to Dana White, Left, under UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, Ny, November 16, 2024. (Brad Penner/Imag images)
“Everyone will fight on this map. Literally all everyone,” White told “Full Send Podcast” this week.
So much confirmed White that Jon Jones, who announced his retirement 21 June, “jumped back in [drug-testing] Pool. “
When asked if it was official, White replied, “Oh yes.”
After Jones’ retirement, his heavyweight title went to Tom Aspinall. So it’s not hard to imagine what White’s “Dream Main Event” is.
Jon Jones responds to his TKO victory against Stip Miocic in a UFC Heavyweight Championship match under the UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden 16 November 2024 in New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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“Dream Main Event right now would be aspinall vs. Jones,” White said without much hesitation.
Jones all confirmed this week that he would fight in the White House.
“The moment I heard Donald Trump’s message, I started training again,” Jones said at X on Thursday.
Conor McGregor quickly showed interest in fighting in the White House, and White even said McGregor “could be” on the same card as Jones in the country’s capital.
“McGregor has got himself to a point where he is and will be, whether he stops fighting or not, one of the biggest superstars in sports,” White said.
McGregor, 36, fought late in 2021 when he lost against Dustin Poirier after breaking a leg during the fight. He was scheduled to fight Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June, but the match was interrupted after he broke his toe during training.
Conor McGregor is preparing to fight Dustin Poirier in a UFC 264 lightweight mixed martial arts bout July 10, 2021 in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Trump, a close friend of White, attended a UFC Fight in Newark, New Jersey, in June.
