{"id":2622909,"date":"2026-07-02T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dana-white-describes-how-storms-split-around-ufc-freedom-250\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:07:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T19:07:55","slug":"dana-white-describes-how-storms-split-around-ufc-freedom-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dana-white-describes-how-storms-split-around-ufc-freedom-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White describes how storms split around UFC Freedom 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdana-white-describes-how-storms-split-around-ufc-freedom-250%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=2622909&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>UFC CEO Dana White and President Donald Trump met in the Oval Office to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >discuss potential weather delays<\/a> before Trump approved the event at the White House. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-while-texas-dems-flee-state-texas-gop-stays-sings-god-bless-america\/\" title=\"WATCH: While Texas Dems Flee State, Texas GOP Stays, Sings \u2018God Bless America\u2019\">storm clouds<\/a>, the UFC\u2019s Freedom 250 fight proceeded with minor delays, facilitated by a remarkable weather event where clouds split around the venue. The documentary highlights White\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-yet-to-call-israels-netanyahu\/\" title=\"Biden Has Yet To Call Israel\u2019s Netanyahu\">long-standing relationship<\/a> with trump and the logistical challenges of hosting the first professional sports event at the White House, including site inspections and arena construction. the event drew 4,300 spectators, was the most-watched UFC fight, and cost $60 million, with an average viewership of 7 million. White expressed amazement at the event\u2019s success, describing it as a series of unprecedented moments.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UFC CEO <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dana-white\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4581\">Dana White<\/a> and President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> met in the Oval Office to strategize about possible weather delays moments before Trump gave the all-clear to \u201cload the arena,\u201d according to a new documentary about the production of the UFC\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">Freedom 250<\/a> event at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\" type=\"category\" id=\"125\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event proceeded with only minor delays despite looming storm clouds, which broke up directly over the White House. \u201cGod, Mother Nature, whatever you want to call it, those clouds splitting and going around us \u2014 listen, I don\u2019t know how to describe it, but it was pretty damn awesome,\u201d White says in the two-part documentary by Fox Nation.<\/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\/4633524\/trump-july-4-heat-long-speech\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says 107-degree heat on July 4 won\u2019t deter \u2018really long\u2019 National Mall speech<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4633329\/trump-freedom-train-roosevelt-library-photos\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>SEE IT: Trump rides Freedom Train to Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library ahead of grand opening<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4633242\/trump-theodore-roosevelt-medal-of-honor-presidential-library-north-dakota\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump gifts Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s Medal of Honor to presidential library<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>UFC Fight House: The Making of the Biggest Fight in History,<\/em> which premieres Thursday and is streaming on Fox Nation, begins by chronicling White\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-show-still-the-king-at-skewering-identity-politics\/\" title=\"\u201cMorning Show... Still the King at Skewering Identity Politics\">long-term business relationship<\/a> with Trump.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UFC hosted its first fight at the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, after White became the organization\u2019s president in 2001.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA lot of people didn\u2019t like the UFC because of the fact that they thought it was too dangerous,\u201d Trump said. \u201cPeople wouldn\u2019t give the arena because they thought the risk was too great, but I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The documentary goes on to describe not only the logistical feats involved in organizing the first professional sporting event in White House history, but also in accommodating Trump\u2019s notoriously high standards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A site inspection months before the event became an impromptu meeting with Trump when the president walked outside to question UFC employees about their plans to erect a temporary arena on White House grounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve never had so many people asking me for tickets,\u201d Trump said, gesturing toward the South Lawn. \u201cDo 7,000 seats here. You could do it. They\u2019re going to build it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UFC executive producer and chief content officer Craig Borsari told Trump that the company expected to be able to fit 2,500 people without adding a level to the arena. Trump responded, \u201cThat\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UFC managed to squeeze <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/4540127\/ufc-freedom-250-shows-off-white-house-stage\/\">4,300 spectators into the main venue<\/a>, given security constraints and a mandate from the White House that it could not drill into the South Lawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4608608\/dana-white-white-house-ufc-fight-never-again\/\"><strong>DANA WHITE ON WHITE HOUSE FIGHT: \u2018WE\u2019LL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Freedom 250 fight was both the most-viewed and most expensive UFC fight of all time. An average of 7 million viewers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7374602\/2026\/06\/18\/ufc-freedom-250-white-house-viewership\/\">tuned in<\/a> at a cost of $60 million to produce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf this was a script of a movie, you\u2019d call bulls*** on 100 things that happened,\u201d White said at the beginning of the documentary\u2019s first episode. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White-Trump met before UFC event; weather nearly delayed it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4301,"featured_media":2622910,"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\/07\/AP26166022092281.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[34660,7184,8095],"class_list":["post-2622909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dana-white","tag-storms","tag-ufc"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26166022092281.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622909","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\/4301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622913,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622909\/revisions\/2622913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}