Interview setting with two people discussing MMA in front of an octagonal fighting cage, highlighting the sport's dynamics and personalities.

Interview setting with two people discussing MMA in front of an octagonal fighting cage, highlighting the sport's dynamics and personalities.

UFC CEO Dana White announced this weekend that the organization and President Donald Trump will hand out 85,000 free tickets to fans for its UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House and said the only thing that could cancel the fights is lightning.

White made the announcement Saturday on Fox News’ “My View with Lara Trump,” while explaining plans for the first UFC event ever held on the White House grounds.

The event, set for Sunday, June 14, will celebrate both President Donald Trump’s birthday and America’s 250th anniversary.

A temporary 4,300-seat arena will be built on the South Lawn for the event, with most of those premium seats prioritized for military personnel and their families.

For the general public, UFC is giving away approximately 85,000 free tickets so fans can watch the action on giant screens from The Ellipse, the large public park directly south of the White House.

The fan zone will also feature stages, live music, and other entertainment.

“If you are a fan of the UFC and especially if you have never been to Washington, D.C., we’re going to give away about 85,000 tickets,” White said.

“We’re going to be doing all kinds of things, you know, in D.C. for fans, and it’s really a cool city… If you’re a UFC fan, this is absolutely positively the time to come to D.C.,” he explained.

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White said he doesn’t like doing outdoor events because the weather is “way too unpredictable,” but this one is still going on even if it rains.

“If it rains, we’re going. If it snows, we’re going. The only thing that will stop us is lightning. But we’re working with the military,” he said.

The military will notify White’s team of weather changes every hour during the week leading up to the event. Even if there is lightning at one point in the day, they are prepared to move it earlier or later to make sure it happens.

White told Fox, “So these are all things that we’ll be playing with the week of the event on top of all the other things that we will have going on, which we never had to deal with.”

“The only time I’d ever agreed to do an outdoor event was in Abu Dhabi… I could be the weatherman in Abu Dhabi, and I would be right every time,” he said.

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The full fight card includes a stacked main event featuring Lightweight Champion Ilia Topuria vs. Justin Gaethje, along with heavyweight interim title action between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane, plus bouts featuring Sean O’Malley, Derrick Lewis, Michael Chandler, and more.

The event is being co-presented by Crypto.com, and White has repeatedly stressed that the UFC is covering all costs; no taxpayer dollars will be used.

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