{"id":703449,"date":"2026-05-30T02:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:52:10","slug":"sean-omalley-will-adapt-to-bad-ufc-white-house-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/703449\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean O\u2019Malley Will \u2018Adapt\u2019 To Bad UFC White House Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">While there is substantial buildup for UFC\u2019s impending fight card on the White House Lawn many are concerned about hosting an entire card outside. For years, UFC CEO Dana White has refused to stage UFC events anywhere other than inside, which is the main reason the promotion has yet to host a card in Hawaii. Holding fights at the White House is certainly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that White and company couldn\u2019t pass up, but measures need to be taken to prepare for hazardous weather and other potential fight-altering factors like gnats and overall lighting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">UFC is currently building a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/ufc-news\/390493\/video-dana-white-shares-stunning-visual-renderings-of-historic-ufc-white-house-event-total-washington-d-c-takeover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">massive structure<\/a> on the White House lawn that should shoulder most of the technical load, but there\u2019s more work to be done. Check out the promotion\u2019s progress below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">As for the weather, there\u2019s not much predictability there. All involved are hoping for a nice night in Washington D.C. with limited issues. However, those fighting on the card should be prepared for absolutely anything just in case something goes awry. That\u2019s exactly what O\u2019Malley is doing as the former UFC champion is keeping all scenarios on the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt\u2019s at the White House, so you gotta deal with whatever you gotta deal with,\u201d O\u2019Malley recently told <a href=\"https:\/\/mmajunkie-eu.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/ufc\/2026\/05\/28\/sean-omalley-weather-concerns-ufc-freedom-250-white-house\/90302258007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Junkie<\/a>. \u201cThat would suck to lose because of a reason outside of your skillset. May the best man win. If something plays a role because it\u2019s outside and it affects the fight somehow, that would suck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate, but none of us signed the contract thinking it was inside, you know what I mean? We all know it\u2019s outside. We all know what we\u2019re getting into. Maybe not to an extent, we don\u2019t know what all is gonna happen, but we all know it\u2019s gonna be outside and we\u2019re gonna have to possibly deal with stuff. We all signed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">At the end of the day, O\u2019Malley is focused on being the best fighter he can be at UFC\u2019s White House card as he squares off with streaking contender Aiemann Zahabi on the seven-fight main card. \u201cSuga\u201d doesn\u2019t sound too concerned about the things that are out of his control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cIf the weather\u2019s not crazy, it\u2019s gonna come down to who\u2019s better,\u201d said O\u2019Malley. \u201cWho\u2019s more skilled, who\u2019s more prepared, and I think that\u2019s what it\u2019s gonna come down to with all these fights. So, I\u2019m not too worried about all these weather conditions, and we\u2019re gonna have to adapt to it if it is messed up weather.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While there is substantial buildup for UFC\u2019s impending fight card on the White House Lawn many are concerned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,40762,785,85,1396,125620],"class_list":["post-703449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-news","tag-ufc-white-house-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703449","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=703449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}