{"id":193006,"date":"2025-10-06T08:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/193006\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:40:07","slug":"trump-says-ufc-fight-at-white-house-to-be-staged-on-his-80th-birthday-mixed-martial-arts-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/193006\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says UFC fight at White House to be staged on his 80th birthday | Mixed Martial Arts News"},"content":{"rendered":"

US President Donald Trump announces the \u2018big UFC fight\u2019 on the White House grounds will now take place on June 14.<\/p>\n

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An Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight planned at the White House will take place on Donald Trump\u2019s 80th birthday, the United States president said, despite the much-hyped event having been previously announced for July 4.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn June 14 next year, we\u2019re going to have a big UFC fight at the White House \u2013 right at the White House, on the grounds of the White House,\u201d Trump told a crowd of navy sailors at the huge naval base Norfolk in Virginia.<\/p>\n

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He did not mention that June 14 is his birthday or that next year will be his 80th.<\/p>\n

On his 79th birthday this year, Trump held a military parade that was meant to commemorate the founding of the US Army.<\/p>\n

In August, UFC boss Dana White said the mixed martial arts (MMA) bout at the White House would be held on July 4 next year, the day the US marks the 250th anniversary of its founding.<\/p>\n

Trump has been a supporter of UFC for decades \u2013 most recently attending a UFC 316 event in New Jersey on June 7 \u2013 where fighters punch, kick and grapple with their opponent in a no-holds-barred battle to submission or knockout.<\/p>\n

Bringing the brutal combat sport to the centre of US political power will mark a historic first.<\/p>\n

At a news conference shared on UFC\u2019s YouTube channel, White said early next year, \u201cwe\u2019ll start looking at building the White House card, which I will right now tell you will be the greatest fight card ever assembled in the history of definitely this company.\u201d<\/p>\n

UFC is the largest and most successful organisation in the burgeoning world of MMA, a blend of martial arts disciplines like jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, boxing and wrestling.<\/p>\n

Bouts take place in an eight-sided ring \u2013 dubbed the \u201cOctagon\u201d \u2013 bounded by a chainlink fence.<\/p>\n

With few exceptions \u2013 such as eye-gouging \u2013 male and female fighters are allowed to employ almost any technique to attack their opponent.<\/p>\n

The sport\u2019s popularity with young men \u2013 a key demographic in the 2024 US election \u2013 and Trump\u2019s long association with the UFC have made the president a regular fixture at some of its more high-profile events, where he is greeted like a rock star.<\/p>\n

Its brutal nature and high injury rate mean the sport is controversial, with doctors decrying the potential for brain damage among fighters who are repeatedly hit in the head, though it has gained increasing mainstream acceptance in recent years.<\/p>\n

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