{"id":2599579,"date":"2026-05-06T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gives-first-look-at-ufc-arena-planned-for-white-house-lawn\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:09:45","slug":"trump-gives-first-look-at-ufc-arena-planned-for-white-house-lawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-gives-first-look-at-ufc-arena-planned-for-white-house-lawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump gives first look at UFC arena planned for White House lawn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-gives-first-look-at-ufc-arena-planned-for-white-house-lawn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2599579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-nevada-a-corrupt-cash-for-votes-scheme-is-hiding-in-plain-sight\/\" title=\"In Nevada, A Corrupt Cash-For-Votes Scheme Is Hiding In Plain Sight\">hosted<\/a> UFC fighters at the White House on Wednesday as part of the America 250 Independence day festivities, previewing an event scheduled for June 14-also his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-suggests-it-may-restart-nuclear-icbm-tests\/\" title=\"North Korea Suggests It May &#039;Restart&#039; Nuclear, ICBM Tests\">80th birthday<\/a>. The lineup includes fighters such as Justin Gaethje and Ilia Topuria. Trump estimated attendance could reach about 100,000 people, with roughly 4,000 seated on the South Lawn and the rest watching on eight screens at The Ellipse. While showing renderings of a cage and the arena setup, he praised the event\u2019s appeal and called it perhaps the biggest the White House has hosted.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> hosted a number of UFC fighters on Wednesday for an impromptu event to tout the upcoming fight on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a> South Lawn in honor of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">America\u2019s 250th<\/a> Independence Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which will feature the likes of Justin Gaethje, Ilia Topuria, and more, is slated for June 14, the same day as the president\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557831\/trump-first-look-ufc-250-arena-white-house-lawn\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump gives first look at UFC 250 arena planned for White House lawn<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4557707\/trump-jokes-autocorrect-forgot-melania-name\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump jokes autocorrect made it seem like he forgot Melania\u2019s name<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4555336\/melania-trump-war-toll-military-mothers-iran\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Melania Trump spotlights war\u2019s toll on military mothers amid Iran conflict<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Trump estimated that as many as 100,000 people would attend the fights, with roughly 4,000 seats on the South Lawn itself and the rest of the crowd watching on eight <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >viewing screens set<\/a> up at The Ellipse.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump hosting UFC fighters taking part in the America 250 card in the Oval Office, and shows some renderings of the cage being built <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zNUuWGi95N\">pic.twitter.com\/zNUuWGi95N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TocRadio\/status\/2052098504663695561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey say it\u2019s the greatest sport. I could do it, you know, but I\u2019d rather sink a 3-footer personally,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-teacher-union-president-disgusted-that-schools-are-reopening\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Teacher Union President \u2018Disgusted\u2019 That Schools Are Reopening\">president told<\/a> the gathered group of reporters while showing off renderings of the arena. \u201cBut there\u2019s no better thing to watch than this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4556500\/rubio-vance-2028-iran\/\"><strong>VANCE SELLS IRAN WAR TO THE HEARTLAND AS RUBIO CHARMS WASHINGTON<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be the biggest event we\u2019ve ever had. I mean, the White House doesn\u2019t really do athletic events, and these are all the greatest champions,\u201d he added later in his remarks. \u201cThey\u2019re the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kayla-harrison-nominated-for-best-mma-fight-at-espys\/\" title=\"Kayla Harrison Nominated for Best MMA Fight at ESPYs\">greatest fighters<\/a> in the world. You can tell by looking at it, these are the greatest fighters in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Trump\u2019s comments in full:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"uenmSj0z7Uo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Trump Delivers Remarks, May 6, 2026\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uenmSj0z7Uo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump hosts UFC fighters for America\u2019s 250th event on June 14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2599580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26126690794205.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9885,79225,3634,8095,32127],"class_list":["post-2599579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-mma","tag-sports-arena","tag-trump","tag-ufc","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26126690794205.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2599579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2599583,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2599579\/revisions\/2599583"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2599579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2599579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2599579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}