Loading... Please wait...Posted by Joe Sommerlad on 10th Dec 2025
Trump first trailed the event in July during a speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Details are currently scarce, but a weigh-in for the participants is expected to be held in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and White, the UFC’s CEO and a long-time friend of Trump’s, has said that the screens mentioned will be erected in a nearby park to relay the contest to an 85,000-strong crowd.
He also told Sports Business Journal in October that his company would pay $700,000 to restore the South Lawn after the event.
There is no word yet as to who will be taking part, but numerous fighters have thrown their names into the hat, including former champions Conor McGregor and Jon Jones.

In case anyone was wondering, USADA is still following Nick Diaz around…Former Strikeforce and WEC welterweight champion Nick Diaz is an interesting character. Outside his never-back-down style of fighting, Diaz’s unique and often highly entertaining trash talk makes him must watch TV.Unfortunately since joining the UFC, Diaz’s career has faced multiple hurdles. One such incident [...]