{"id":729177,"date":"2026-06-11T07:35:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729177\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T07:35:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:35:21","slug":"ufc-reveals-white-house-weather-backup-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/729177\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC Reveals White House Weather Backup Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The historic one-of-one<\/a> White House card goes down this weekend (Sun., June 14, 2026), with UFC Lightweight champion, Ilia Topuria, unifying the 155-pound title against interim titleholder, Justin Gaethje, in the Paramount+<\/a>-streamed main event.<\/p>\n

UFC CEO Dana White has already said the show will go on no matter what. But, with just four days left until showtime, the promotion finally revealed \u2014 sort of \u2014 what will happen if the weather gets dicey.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a few options,\u201d UFC Executive Producer and Chief Content Officer Craig Borsari said today at UFC Freedom 250 media day when asked about the broadcast plan if the event gets delayed. \u201cOne is to stay on air, and we have contingency planning where we can remain on air and continue to broadcast from a location close by the South Lawn.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we feel like a weather pattern is coming in that will pass through and we can resume, we will,\u201d Borsari continued. \u201cSo, we would not leave the broadcast. We would just fill and report from the site.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Borsari, UFC will be monitoring the situation in real time with a meteorologist on-site.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a bit of an evaluation,\u201d Borsari said. \u201cSo, when we\u2019re going through that, we will be talking regularly to a meteorologist, who is on site right now giving us updates. We\u2019ll have to figure out what the window looks like. Do we have the ability to resume, or what is the extent of the weather front that is coming through?\u201d<\/p>\n

White also recently revealed that he had three different Octagon canvases made for the event in case one gets impacted by the weather.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, the forecast for Sunday in Washington, D.C., is calling for a hot and sticky fight night. Temperatures are expected to climb into the low 90s during the day before hovering in the upper 80s when the main card window begins, with mostly cloudy skies later in the evening. There is a 20 percent chance that it rains in during the card.<\/p>\n

So, while rain does not currently appear to be a major threat, heat, humidity, sweat, bugs<\/a>, and an outdoor canvas could all still become factors for the fighters competing in the open-air Octagon.<\/p>\n

Get ready for potential chaos.<\/p>\n

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