Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White emerged from a White House meeting on Thursday, declaring to his nearly 11 million Instagram followers: 

We had the meeting at the White House. It could not have gone better. This is going to be awesome. The White House fight is on. I'll have more details on that in the next couple of weeks, but we got it done today.

What White was referring to is UFC's Octagon fight, which is coming to the White House's South Lawn next year. In fact, the event is scheduled for June 2026, just before America's 250th birthday celebration on July 4. 

Here are more details from The Wall Street Journal:

The initial idea called for the event—a full card featuring men and women—to be held July 4, 2026, as a capstone to America's 250th birthday celebration. But with so many events already planned, the date shifted to sometime in June, people involved in the planning said. UFC plans to have a large presence in Washington ahead of the event, with several days of fan festivities on the National Mall, which are to include autograph sessions with UFC stars and punching bags for tourists to test their skills.