Jul 04, 2025 4:09:33 pm
Fans of the Ultimate Fighting Championship have parted with President Donald Trump and promoter Dana White over the Commander in Chief’s stunning new plans to hold a cage match on the White House lawn. As part of his victory lap after Congress passed his ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ on Thursday, Trump mentioned ways that the United States would celebrate its 250th birthday next July.
Among the programming would be a mixed-martial arts event inside The Octagon steps from the Oval Office.
‘And I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight… Does anybody watch UFC and the great Dana White?’ Trump asked the crowd of MAGA faithful. ‘We’re going to have a UFC fight. We’re going to have a UFC fight,’ Trump continued. ‘Think of this – on the grounds of the White House.’
‘We have a lot of land there,’ he continued. ‘We’re going to build a little – we’re not, Dana’s going to do it, Dana’s great, one of a kind – we’re going to have a UFC fight, championship fight, full fight, like 20-25,000 people.’
MMA fans were not thrilled of the idea of a UFC card on the White House grounds, especially after a resurfaced clip of White showed his disdain for mixing sports with politics.
‘One of the thing that I’ve really tried to do through this whole thing is stay out of politics,’ Dana White said in 2021, three months after Trump vacated the White House to Joe Biden.
‘When people tune into watch sports, they don’t want to hear that crap. They don’t want to hear what your opinions are or who you’re voting for, what you’re doing, they want to get away from everything in their life and they want to focus on two, three, four hours, however long the sport is when you turned it on.’
WHAT A F***ING JOKE: The UFC has turned MMA into the most political sport on the planet,’ read a comment on the resurfaced clip. ‘A UFC fight at the White House? @danawhite this you right?’
‘The White House should honor service and unity. A fight night feels out of place for 250 years of legacy,’ one UFC fan said.
‘The real fight is Trump vs any piece of paper with more words on it than pictures,’
‘Turning the White House lawn to a pay-per-view event. What a f***ing joke.’ ‘He cheapens everything. Really … everything,’ another person stated.
‘Why stop there. Might as well bring in the colosseum animals, too,’ another person concluded.
The 250th birthday of America will fall on a Saturday, which coincides with the day of the week most major UFC events are held.
‘There could be no better birthday present for America than the phenomenal victory we achieved just hours ago when Congress passed the one Big, Beautiful Bill to make America Great Again,’ Trump said.
White has been a staunch supporter of Trump, hosting him at several UFC events over the last year. White also spoke on stage in Florida as part of Trump’s acceptance speech after winning the Presidential election over Kamala Harris in November. By Eric Blum for DM.
GLADIATOR: Commodus, (1 August 161 – 31 December 192) was Roman emperor from 177 to 192, first serving as nominal co-emperor under his father Marcus Aurelius and then ruling alone from 180.
Commodus’s sole reign is commonly thought to mark the end of the Pax Romana, a golden age of peace and prosperity in the history of the Roman Empire.
Internal intrigues and conspiracies abounded, goading Commodus to an increasingly dictatorial style of leadership. This culminated in his creating a deific personality cult, including his performances as a gladiator in the Colosseum.
Commodus was assassinated by the wrestler Narcissus in 192, ending the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. – Wiki –
Joaquin Phoenix portrayed Commodus in the film Gladiator, 2000.
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JUSTICE THE GUARDIAN OF LIBERTY: Although there is not much to celebrate today, there is much to fight for. We are at an inflection point, and how we choose to meet the moment will determine the trajectory of America for generations to come.
French Mural of Lady Liberty mourning the premature death of liberty.