Details emerge about the upcoming UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, scheduled for June 14th in celebration of America's 250th anniversary and President Trump's 80th birthday. The event will feature two championship fights and offer 85,000 free tickets. The show will be aired on Paramount+. The event, costing $60 million, is an investment for the long term.
More details about the UFC cage match that will take place at the White House in early summer are slowly being released. Here’s what we know: The White House fight card was originally proposed to be on the Fourth of July.
President Donald Trump said last summer he wanted to stage a UFC match on the White House grounds with upwards of 20,000 spectators to celebrate 250 years of American independence.The match, known now as UFC Freedom 250, will take place on June 14 instead – timed for Trump’s 80th birthday and as part of the nation’s 250 anniversary. The league is planning to issue 85,000 free tickets for the event.Trump said UFC boss Dana White, a longtime friend, will build "a 5,000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White House" and eight large screens in a nearby park for ticket-holders to watch from afar.Renderings posted on the White House X account several months ago show what the arena could look like. Details haven’t been released yet on how to get tickets, or when they may be available. RELATED: America's 250th anniversary sparks travel rushThe show will be aired on Paramount+ with prelims beginning at 4 p.m. ET. The main card starts at 8 p.m. ET. The card features two championship fights.Brazil’s Alex Periera will meet France’s Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight title. Then Spanish-Georgian lightweight champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim champ Justin Gaethje, one of just two Americans who currently hold even a share of the UFC’s 11 championship belts.READ MORE: UFC’s White House fight card revealed: Here’s the lineupThe president of the sports entertainment group TKO, Mark Shapiro, reportedly said in a quarterly financial call last month that the event would cost about $60 million — but was adamant that TKO would not turn any kind of profit. "We will not be making money on America’s 250th anniversary," Shapiro reportedly said in the same call. "This is an investment for the long term. This is about earned media; this is about sampling new fans, casual viewers, a spectacle — a stage — that will ultimately expand our audience, our viewership and our success on Paramount+."
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