A fortune! Dana White reveals details of the financial investment for the UFC at the White House.

Trump (left) is the new president of the USA. (Photo Sportingnews.com)

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Dana White, leader of the world's largest MMA organization, revealed that UFC Casa Branca will be entirely funded by the company. No public funds will be used to build the highly anticipated event. The UFC president provided more details on the amount needed to put on the show, comparing the costs to UFC Noche.

According to the 'Sports Business Journal' website, the president did not reveal the exact amount, but provided a benchmark by citing the expenses for the Noche UFC event in September 2024. That event cost around US$20 million, approximately R$104.2 million today. It is expected that the event at the White House will cost more than the Noche UFC event at the Sphere in Las Vegas (USA).

“It’s going to be a historic fight, one-on-one, and just like I said about Sphere, we’re going to make Sphere (referring to the UFC Noche event in September 2024) look like pocket change. Ellipse is going to be incredible, the structure there. We’ll have a stage. We’ll have some shows there. Everyone will be able to watch the fight on the big screens and, as we prepare for the event, we’ll have press conferences, autograph sessions with the fighters and interactions with the fans. It’s going to be like an International Fight Week in Las Vegas. That kind of thing is going to happen in Washington all week long,” said White.

When questioned about the reason for the event's high cost, Dana didn't care about the price, making it clear that he's more interested in putting on a mega-event, with all the trimmings, than in saving money and compromising the show's grandeur.

“The entire structure, the lighting system… I don’t want a traditional lighting system, I don’t want screens, I don’t want lights. The only thing I want to see is the White House in the background and the Washington Monument on the other side,” the president added.

🚨 Dana White says the UFC will fully fund the White House event in June, with no taxpayer money involved

The event is expected to cost more than Noche UFC at the Sphere, which reportedly ran around $20M 😳

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The event is scheduled to take place on June 14, 2026, the same date that Donald Trump, the US president, will turn 80 years old. Initially, Dana White had said that UFC White House would take place on July 4th, Independence Day in the United States, however, Donald Trump updated the date in a speech at the Norfolk Naval Station on October 5th.

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