An Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the White House grounds will be taking place on July 4, 2026, according to UFC CEO and president Dana White .

“It is definitely going to happen,” White told CBS Mornings on Aug. 12, saying Independence Day is the proposed date as of now.

White said that he spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday about the event, planned for America’s 250th birthday. He also said that he plans to meet with Trump and his daughter, Ivanka Trump , at the end of August to finalize details and review venue renderings.

“When he (Trump) called me and asked me to do it, he said, ‘I want Ivanka in the middle of this,'” White said. “So Ivanka reached out to me, and her and I started talking about the possibilities, where it would be and, you know,

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