Dana White Confirms UFC Match At White House Next Year

Dana White Confirms UFC Match At White House Next Year


The art of the deal met the art of the Octagon today, and the July 4, 2026 UFC match at the White House is officially on, at least according to Dana White.

Seen Thursday popping into the Executive Mansion without explanation, the hard charging CEO confirmed tonight that the much hyped, much heralded and much derided cage dust-ups for Amerca’s 250th anniversary is truly happening.

“We had the meeting at the White House,” White said online late tonight as he was leaving DC. “It could have not gone better. The White House fight is on. The White House fight is on. I will have more details on that in the next couple of weeks.”

“We got it done today,” White proclaimed on IG Live, waving some potential contract papers around and dropping some more infor about other upcoming UFC matches.

No word yet on who will actually be in the Octagon at the increasingly gold decorated White House. White seems to want ex-UFC champ and self-declared candidate for the Irish presidency Conor McGregor to show up. The recently retired and quickly unretired Jon Jones wants in on the action too, but White has dismissed that desire as a “billion to one” chance.

Still, the announcement of sorts today follows White saying just two weeks ago that the bare knuckle celebration of the nation’s semi-quincentennial was “absolutely happening” after Trump first floated the notion almost two month ago.

Seen as a kick in the head to the national milestone by some and seen as pure MAGA by others, the plan as it seems to be cooked up by the very close White and Trump is that UFC USA 250 will air on CBS on the fourth of July next year.

The network has not said anything about such programing or timing as of yet, but the fact is CBS’ David Ellison-run parent company Paramount, A Skydance Corporation inked a 7-year and a whooping $7.7 billion agreement with the TKO Group owned mixed martial arts giant on August 11. A deal that sees the multi-fight card come off PPV in 2026 and sit on Paramount+ for subscribers who want a little real life blood and guts alongside their Taylor Sheridan dramas. The deal also includes a select numbered of UFC bouts to be simulcast on CBS.

An all-American birthday bash on the White House law may seem straight out of Mike Judge’s 2006 satire Idiocracy, but it certainly fits the bill for a main network shindig, even in this age of streaming.

Having said that, if all attend, as they almost certainly will, the July 4th beatdown will not be the first time Trump, White,   Paramount chairman and CEO Ellison, his sometimes sherpa TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, President and COO Mark Shapiro have been ringside together – – and, at this rate, it likely will not be the last.





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