Posted on 06/17/2026 12:47:37 PM PDT by Twotone
WASHINGTON -- Dana White stood at the dais with the winning fighters flanking him at 3 a.m. Monday, hours after the UFC president and CEO completed one of the more audacious events of his career, a fight card on the South Lawn of the White House. He made one thing clear.
He's never doing this again.
"I can't afford it," White said. "I'll never do the Sphere again, and we'll never do this again."
White kept to what he insisted for months, that the White House card would be a "one-of-one" event and not the beginning of a trend, similar to how he viewed his promotion playing host to the first sporting event at the Sphere in Las Vegas in 2024.
Yet White insisted that Sunday night's UFC Freedom 250 exceeded all of his expectations for what he had called the biggest event in the history of his promotion and perhaps the biggest in the history of mixed martial arts.
White declined to provide specifics but indicated UFC hit the numbers it sought for its $60 million production.
"In every way you can gauge success," White said.
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One stupid comment by one idiot ruined all this beautiful presentation!
We are wasting days on this Michelle is a man crap! Exactly what the left wants you to do instead of spreading real News! Congratulations useful idiots!
If Trump wants to stage this kind of event again. he should be able to find someone else to manage it. I’m certain it couldn’t have been easy. I was happy to hear that everyone pretty much had a good time, and they were not harmed by domestic enemy drones.
Lighten up AuntB!
At least the fighter was brave enough to say it.
Whether Mike obummer is a man or not I car not. But the damage that the fraudulent magic negro did to this country can’t be forgotten!
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Lighten up AuntB
At least the fighter was brave enough to say it.
Whether Mike obummer is a man or not I car not. But the damage that the fraudulent magic negro did to this country can’t be forgotten!”
Don’t tell me to lighten up!
You all need to wise up! Be better than the left! BEARING FALSE WITNESS IS A Sin ACCORDING TO YOU EVANGELICAL ZEALOTS!
YOU, LIKE COMMUNIST’S, WANT IT BOTH WAYS
HYPOCRITES.
And brave? He’s a damn idiot who just cost us any moral ground! If he were brave he would apologize!
Lying means nothing to you phony Christians.
Damn! Somebody sure got her panties in a wad! You sure are painting with a broad bunch against people you know nothing about.
Where was all this fire when Bidet was tanking the country? But here you are defending democRATS. Stick a sock in it!!
It’s the fighters act.
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I don’t think he’s lying
2) WTF? What are you, a tranny or something?”
If you think Michelle Obama is a man you are just stupid. There’s absolutely no proof!
Listen for once and stop being a knee jerk zealot!
Men and women walk differently. Women’s toes point forward. Men to the side because of pelvic structure! Go look at her pictures.. also dozens from her childhood! Why would a middle class black family dress their boy like a girl?
What is wrong with you people??
Stop. You are no better than a lying leftist bearing false witness! I love how you Republican goons throw out the Bible when it suits you!
Am I a tranny? What the hell difference does it make? Your empty mind is made up! I’m 78 and dying. I couldn’t transition into anything at this point except a grave!. Now go mind your own business and try thinking for a change. Gfy
I’m sick of Free Republic. Most of you are liars and cheats and anything but conservative. You knee jerk and care about nothing but your ego!
I’m done with politics. I’m not going to spend the last days of my life trying to explain morality to a bunch of people who just don’t give a damn.
Plus her pickles are crap taste like kerosene
The problem with Michelle Obama is that she is another common entitled black person. On her own, she has created hostility against herself. She claimed she made sacrifices on becoming First Lady. She complained about not being able to get fresh air in the WH due to security. At one point she complained about the food. She made a spectacle of herself when she was “shopping in Target” and because of her height another customer asked if she would help get an object off the top shelf, or knowing she was the mooch.. Instead of it being just help, she criticized the event as “she was not a black employee and was offended”. She was caught by lip readers at an event, saying, “all this for a damn flag”. So she was a little put out for a flag, well did we ever hear a violently injured American soldier say, “all this for a damn flag”. Keep in mind the American people paid for her grift while she was sweating her fat a$$ off in the WH.
As far as I am concerned, Michelle Obama has it all coming to her, including the rumor that she is a man, She is a racist, miserable human being, whatever gender she may be.
Cost us? For years people have been told that look was beautiful and people need to change their thinking to accept it. He just called out a big "Hell no!"
As for any "moral ground", that's the fictional barrier they want you to stand behind while they rape children.
Like you have any idea what makes a Christian.
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