US President Donald Trump poses with a UFC championship belt throughout an occasion. — White Home web site/File
US President Donald Trump has mentioned {that a} beforehand introduced Final Combating Championship occasion on the White Home will happen on June 14 subsequent 12 months, which would be the president’s eightieth birthday.
He made the announcement throughout a speech at Naval Station Norfolk to mark the upcoming 250th anniversary of the US Navy.
Trump in July had introduced {that a} UFC occasion would happen on the White Home in 2026, however didn’t give a date.
He counts UFC President Dana White as an in depth pal and considers followers of the game a part of his political base, though their ties lengthy predate Trump’s presidency.
White this week informed the Sports activities Enterprise Journal that the UFC will spend $700,000 to interchange the South Garden grass on the White Home after the occasion.
Since changing into president, Trump has been a daily attendee at UFC fights, most lately attending one in New Jersey in June.
However the connection between Trump and White goes again to 2000, when the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic Metropolis was one of many few US venues prepared to host UFC occasions on the time.
TKO Group Holdings, the mum or dad firm of UFC, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
