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President Donald Trump revealed that the plans last week has a UFC card in the White House to celebrate the United States’s 250th anniversary next year.
“Each of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites will have special events in honor of” America250 “, and I even think we are going to have a UFC fight,” said Trump in a speech at Iowa State Fairgroups last week in an address on the eve of July 4.
It would be an unprecedented event, and the president of the UFC, Dana White, promises “the most nasty card of all time”.
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Donald Trump speaks with Dana White, on the left, during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, November 16, 2024. (Brad Penner / Imagn images)
“Everyone wants to fight on this map. Literally everyone,” White told “full podcast” this week.
So much, White confirmed that Jon Jones, who announced his retirement on June 21 ” [drug-testing] pool.”
When asked if it was official, White replied: “Oh yeah.”
After Jones’ retreat, his truck title went to Tom Aspinall. So it is not difficult to imagine what “Dream Main Event” is White.
Jon Jones reacts after his TKO victory against Stipe Miocic in a UFC heavyweight championship fight at the UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on November 16, 2024, in New York. (Sarah Stier / Getty Images)
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“Dream’s main event at the moment would be Aspinall against Jones,” said White, without too much hesitation.
Jones almost confirmed this week that he would fight in the White House.
“As I heard Donald Trump’s announcement, I started training again,” Jones told X on Thursday.
Conor McGregor quickly showed his interest in fighting in the White House, and White even said that McGregor “could be” on the same card as Jones in the national capital.
“McGregor has put himself at a point where he is and will be, whether he stops fighting or not, one of the greatest superstars in sport, period,” said White.
McGregor, 36, fought for the last time in 2021, when he lost against Dustin Poirier after having broken his leg during the fight. He was to fight Michael Chandler at the UFC 303 in June, but the fight was canceled after having broken his toes during training.
Conor McGregor is preparing to fight Dustin Poirier in a combat of mixed martial arts UFC 264, on 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.
