There are still six months to go before the historic, one-of-one UFC White House event, and while the fight lineup remains a mystery, key details are finally starting to take shape. With U.S. President Donald Trump hyping the card as potentially featuring “eight or nine” title fights — and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana […]
There are still six months to go before the historic, one-of-one UFC White House event, and while the fight lineup remains a mystery, key details are finally starting to take shape.
With U.S. President Donald Trump hyping the card as potentially featuring “eight or nine” title fights — and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) CEO Dana White calling it “the baddest card of all time” — some fans wondered if this might be the rare card worthy of a standalone pay-per-view (PPV). Nope. UFC’s new broadcast home, Paramount+, will carry the event exclusively.
“The card won’t be on CBS, it’ll be on Paramount+ 100 percent,” White told TheMacLife. “Maybe we might do some prelims on CBS, but it will be on Paramount. Listen, we’re on Paramount+. There will be some fights on CBS, but we’re on Paramount+.”
While Trump has already floated big numbers for the amount of gold on the card, White made clear that nothing is official and he won’t begin matchmaking until February 2026.
“What I’ve told the President is we will deliver a ridiculous card to the White House,” White said.
Another key detail that was finally confirmed by TKO Group Holdings president and COO Mark Shapiro during the UBS Global Media and Communications Conference: there will be no ticket sales at all.
“It’s going to be a spectacle. If we thought the Sphere was a spectacle, this is a spectacle on steroids,” Shapiro said. “We’re getting requests, I’m not even talking about people who want to buy tickets because that won’t be available. There will be no ticket sales. It will hurt us financially, but what this will do for brand, reach, engagement, notoriety, press, earned media, advertiser interest, this is an absolute monster. We’re excited about it. Dana White and Hunter Campbell are hard at work putting together a sensational fight card.”
With the UFC brass still assembling the lineup, one thing is certain: fans won’t be attending in person inside the White House grounds. Instead, spectators will reportedly be able to watch from a nearby park near the National Mall on large outdoor screens.
UFC White House will be a spectacle — just maybe not the one fans expected.
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