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Fox News has broadcast an artist’s rendering of what the UFC’s Octagon is expected to look like on the lawns of The White House in Washington D.C., and, suffice to say, it looks pretty epic.
UFC boss Dana White is renowned for big-ticket events like the UFC’s Noche show at The Sphere in 2024, and the residency it had in Abu Dhabi, called Fight Island, during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.
But hosting a Premium Live Event in mixed martial arts as part of the USA’s 250th anniversary celebrations, with President Donald Trump in attendance, is yet another evolution in what White, and the UFC, do best — make history, and break records.
Here’s a photo of what it could look like:
More to follows…