President Donald Trump is planning to host a UFC championship fight, attracting upwards of 20,000 fans, at the White House as part of a year’s worth of events to celebrate 250 years of U.S. independence.
“Think of this on the grounds of the White House. We have a lot of land there,” Trump, an enthusiast of the mixed martial arts sport and close friends with the league’s president, Dana White, announced in Iowa Thursday.
“Every one of our national parks, battlefields, and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of America 250. And I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight,” he further commented, adding that the UFC event would be a “full fight” and attract 20,000 to 25,000 people.
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