{"id":156392,"date":"2025-09-20T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156392\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T10:41:08","slug":"dana-white-shares-stunning-images-of-how-ufc-white-house-card-could-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/156392\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White shares stunning images of how UFC White House card could look"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dana White has given fans a sneak peek of what they can expect the unprecedented UFC White House card to look like.<\/p>\n

The UFC<\/a> president provided early renderings of the event, which is set to take place next June<\/a>, to Fox News during a recent appearance on the news station.<\/p>\n

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The White House will overlook the eventCredit: UFC<\/p>\n

One image shows the Octagon surrounded by stands full of fans and engulfed by an impressive-looking overhead lighting structure.<\/p>\n

There are also massive screens on either side of the cage, with the White House overlooking the event on the lawn.<\/p>\n

Another mock-up from further away depicts a magnificent fireworks display, while there is one from the fighter’s perspective as well.<\/p>\n

“My vision for this thing is we have this big arch, as you can see, with the lighting grid,” said White.<\/p>\n

“Because what I want is the White House in the back. <\/p>\n

“And then when the fight goes around to the other side, you’ll see the Washington Monument in the background.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

White plans to fit 85,000 spectators at The Ellipse for a viewing party, although only 5,000 people will get the opportunity to watch the show from within the arch. <\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, we can fit 85,000 people over there,\u2019\u2019 White added. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re going to have a stage where bands will be playing all day. <\/p>\n

“And then people will be able to bring blankets and lie around and watch the fights.<\/p>\n

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The Octagon is engulfed by an impressive-looking lighting structureCredit: UFC\"Here's<\/a><\/p>\n

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Here’s what it will look like from the fighter’s perspective as they walk outCredit: UFC\"White<\/a><\/p>\n

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White plans to hold the weigh-ins at the Lincoln MemorialCredit: UFC<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’ll have screens up everywhere for everybody. We’re literally going to take over Washington, D.C., that week.”<\/p>\n

The final picture White shared was of a grandiose weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n

“We’re going to do the weigh-ins there, that’s what we are talking about,” continued White.<\/p>\n

“And we’ll have fan events all week. We’re going to do our expo there. And just a total Washington, D.C., takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who could headline the UFC White House card?<\/p>\n

Several fighters have put their names forward to top the bill.<\/p>\n

And while Jon Jones<\/a> has been snubbed by White due to his unreliability<\/a>, Conor McGregor<\/a> has seemingly been given the green light.<\/p>\n

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McGregor claims he is headlining the UFC White House card against ChandlerCredit: GETTY<\/p>\n

The former dual-weight UFC champion is back in the UFC drug testing pool and recently declared that he will be fighting long-time rival Michael Chandler in the main event.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mac is excited to get back for sure,” McGregor told Fox&Friends.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m on [the White House card]. This is me.<\/p>\n

\u201c[I\u2019m fighting]\u00a0Michael Chandler<\/a>. Michael Chandler and myself have done the show\u00a0The Ultimate Fighter,\u00a0we\u2019ve had a good back and forth. He\u2019s a good, tough guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

With all this being said, White has repeatedly insisted that he won’t start locking in matchups for the card until February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dana White has given fans a sneak peek of what they can expect the unprecedented UFC White House…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,4736,958,23812,786,7451,11877,785,9226,104309,85,1396,30032],"class_list":{"0":"post-156392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-conor-mcgregor","11":"tag-dana-white","12":"tag-date","13":"tag-fighting","14":"tag-images","15":"tag-jon-jones","16":"tag-mma","17":"tag-mma-news","18":"tag-renderings","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-ufc-news","21":"tag-ufc-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}