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Donald Trump gives tour of UFC White House event arena

With UFC Freedom 250 right around the corner, President Donald Trump is giving us a sneak peak at the arena being constructed for the event.

Despite the UFC having done a ton of events over the years, this event will be unprecedented, as it will take place outdoors on the South Lawn of the White House.

Recently, Trump gave us our first look at the setup for the UFC event, which will be held on Sunday, June 14, which just so happens to be Trump’s birthday.

“You’ll never see it again. It’s never happened before,” Trump said.

“The best fighters in the world are all coming,” Trump added. “They all say, ‘We want to fight at the White House!’ Dana [White] is an amazing man. This would be the highest rated event, maybe one of them, ever in sports.”

Trump noted that the event will hold 4,000 spectators, and then close to 100,000 people can watch the event for free on eight big screens in the park behind the event.

“It’s the hardest ticket (to get),” Trump said. “Everybody wants (a ticket). I’m going to make more enemies.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Trump added. “It’s going to be something that’s going to be very exciting.”

Full UFC Freedom 250 fight card

The fight card for the event will feature seven bouts, and of those seven fights there will be two title matches, one for the lightweight title between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje, and another for the heavyweight interim title between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane.

Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje (lightweight title)
Alex Pereira vs. Ciryl Gane (heavyweight interim title)
Sean O’Malley vs. Aiemann Zahabi (bantamweight)
Josh Hokit vs. Derrick Lewis (heavyweight)
Michael Chandler vs. Mauricio Ruffy (lightweight)
Kyle Daukaus vs. Bo Nickal (middleweight)
Steve Garcia vs. Diego Lopes (featherweight)

Concerns about UFC Freedom 250

Not everyone is exactly thrilled with the idea of this UFC event.

Even UFC commentator Joe Rogan has multiple issues with it.

“The White House thing is odd. I don’t like it,” he said. “I don’t like the idea of fighting outside at all. It’s June and it’s D.C. and we looked it up, the last time, like last year, same day, was 100 degrees. That’s hot as f***. You add the lights. How about dehydration.”

“The bugs are a big one,” Rogan added. “How are they going to f do anything about the bugs because I know that Dana was talking about that recently, they were talking about maybe using fans.”

Despite Rogan’s very valid concerns, it’s full speed ahead for the UFC and the White House with just two weeks to go before the event.

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