{"id":606009,"date":"2026-04-14T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606009\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:06:09","slug":"trump-eyes-ufc-1776-rebrand-for-white-house-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/606009\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Eyes UFC 1776 Rebrand For White House Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"756\" height=\"618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-09.50.51.webp.webp\" class=\"css-filter size-full\" alt=\"Trump Eyes &quot;UFC 1776&quot; Rebrand For White House Card\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: knockout&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPe2c3NiemS\/<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2046\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> signaled his strong support for rebranding the \u201cFreedom 250\u201d event to \u201cUFC 1776,\u201d tying the fight card directly to the anniversary of American independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When a reporter floated the \u201cUFC 1776\u201d moniker, Trump was immediately receptive:\u00a0\u201cThat\u2019s a good idea. I\u2019ll tell that to Dana White. I will say, I\u2019ve been involved with a lot of big events but I\u2019ve never had an event that has had more interest than the UFC that we have right on our front door,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/04\/13\/president-donald-trump-could-rename-ufc-white-house-show-with-dana-white-suggestion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">said<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments also included an expanded multi-tiered viewing experience for fans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s Plan<\/p>\n<p>The Arena: A specialized 4,500-seat outdoor stadium will be constructed in immediate proximity to the Octagon on the White House grounds, reserved for dignitaries, veterans, and special guests.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cEllipse\u201d Fan Zone: To accommodate the public, the President announced that The Ellipse (the park south of the White House fence) will be transformed into a massive fan festival. Organizers are preparing for a crowd of 50,000 to 100,000 people to watch the action via digital screens.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going to start building about a 4,500-seat arena and then at the back at the Ellipse we\u2019re going to have maybe about 50-100,000 people I guess,\u201d Trump stated <\/p>\n<p>The President also influenced the fight card\u2019s lineup following UFC 327 in Miami. After watching Josh Hokit\u2019s impressive victory over Curtis Blaydes on Saturday, Trump reportedly questioned Dana White on why heavy-hitter Derrick Lewis was missing from the Washington D.C. billing. Acting on the President\u2019s inquiry, White finalized Lewis vs. Hokit in record time, adding it to the historical card.<\/p>\n<p>Find all the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/boxingnews.com\/category\/boxing-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest boxing news<\/a>\u00a0and MMA breaking updates on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxingblitz.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">boxingnews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING boxingnews.COM<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Instagram: knockout&#13; &#13; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPe2c3NiemS\/ President Donald Trump signaled his strong support for rebranding the \u201cFreedom 250\u201d event to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85],"class_list":["post-606009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606009","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=606009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}