UFC CEO Dana White
announced on social media that he had productive meetings at the White House on Thursday and indicated they are really moving forward with the spectacle for next year's Fourth of July celebration:
Details for the card remain scarce, but White has hinted at the event being held on the South Lawn of the White House, while Trump spoke of setting enough seating for 20,000 to 25,000 people.
"The difference with the White House is I don't think they've ever had anything very heavy out on the lawn, and the Octagon alone weighs 20,000 pounds."
The event would be the first professional sporting event hosted at the White House in U.S. history, though there have been many recreational events.
President Donald Trump, who has ties to White and the UFC going back decades,
floated the idea around this year's Fourth of July and
the two sides quickly started working things out.
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