The artwork of the deal met the artwork of the Octagon at the moment, and the July 4, 2026 UFC match on the White Home is formally on, a minimum of in response to Dana White.
Seen Thursday popping into the Govt Mansion with out clarification, the onerous charging CEO confirmed tonight that the a lot hyped, a lot heralded and far derided cage dust-ups for Amerca’s 250th anniversary is really occurring.
“We had the assembly on the White Home,” White stated on-line late tonight as he was leaving DC. “It might haven’t gone higher. The White Home combat is on. The White Home combat is on. I’ll have extra particulars on that within the subsequent couple of weeks.”
“We received it performed at the moment,” White proclaimed on IG Dwell, waving some potential contract papers round and dropping some extra infor about different upcoming UFC matches.
No phrase but on who will truly be within the Octagon on the more and more gold adorned White Home. White appears to need ex-UFC champ and self-declared candidate for the Irish presidency Conor McGregor to indicate up. The lately retired and shortly unretired Jon Jones desires in on the motion too, however White has dismissed that want as a “billion to 1” probability.
Nonetheless, the announcement of types at the moment follows White saying simply two weeks in the past that the naked knuckle celebration of the nation’s semi-quincentennial was “completely occurring” after Trump first floated the notion virtually two month in the past.
Seen as a kick within the head to the nationwide milestone by some and seen as pure MAGA by others, the plan because it appears to be cooked up by the very shut White and Trump is that UFC USA 250 will air on CBS on the fourth of July subsequent yr.
The community has not stated something about such programing or timing as of but, however the reality is CBS’ David Ellison-run guardian firm Paramount, A Skydance Company inked a 7-year and a whooping $7.7 billion agreement with the TKO Group owned combined martial arts large on August 11. A deal that sees the multi-fight card come off PPV in 2026 and sit on Paramount+ for subscribers who need a bit actual life blood and guts alongside their Taylor Sheridan dramas. The deal additionally features a choose numbered of UFC bouts to be simulcast on CBS.
An all-American birthday bash on the White Home regulation could appear straight out of Mike Choose’s 2006 satire Idiocracy, nevertheless it definitely matches the invoice for a predominant community shindig, even on this age of streaming.
Having stated that, if all attend, as they virtually definitely will, the July 4th beatdown won’t be the primary time Trump, White, Paramount chairman and CEO Ellison, his generally sherpa TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, President and COO Mark Shapiro have been ringside collectively – – and, at this fee, it seemingly won’t be the final.
