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UFC arena under construction on White House lawn to mark Trump’s 80th birthday
The venue is expected to host a mixed martial arts fight on 14 June to also mark the USâs 250th anniversary
Construction is under way on the White House lawn for an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) arena that will host a cage match next month to mark the USâs 250th anniversary and Donald Trumpâs 80th birthday.
Photos of cranes and other construction equipment on the White House lawn on Tuesday showed the beginnings of the temporary construction. Trump has said that the finished project will feature âa 5,000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White Houseâ.
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Just as the Founding Fathers might have anticipated (had they been microdosing while drafting the Declaration of Independence), the American republic will celebrate its two-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary next month with a full card of mixed-martial-arts brawls on the South Lawn of the White House. Weigh-ins will take place at the Lincoln Memorial. The night of mayhem is also meant to celebrate the eightieth birthday of the President of the United States, a longtime fan of the sport who first announced the event nearly a year ago at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Its producer is Donald Trumpâs âone of a kindâ friend and loyal supporter, Dana White, the irrepressible C.E.O. of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Dana White marches in lockstep with President Donald Trump into a downtown Miami arena as the Kid Rock song “American Bad Ass” blares over the loudspeakers.The longtime boss of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), dressed in his signature all-black attire, maintains a steely glare as Trump waves, shakes hands, and raises a fist, soaking in the adulation. Two American featherweights, Cub Swanson and Nate Landwehr, are kicking off the UFC 327 main card at the Kaseya Center on this mid-April Saturday night, and Trump snaps a photo with Swanson’s wife Kenda and their three children—an 8-year-old daughter, Royal, and 7-year-old twin sons, King and Saint—by the Octagon.
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