Dana White has shared a first look of what the UFC’s huge event at the White House in 2026 will look like.
Since the announcement that the Octagon will be heading to the White House lawn next June, there have been a lot of questions surrounding the event.
Of course, fans have wanted to know who could possibly feature on the card, which White recently spoke about when revealing Conor McGregor’s plans.
Putting on a stacked fight card for what will be a historic event isn’t the only major task that the promotion is going to have to take on in the coming months.
White has already detailed his ideas for the layout of the event, but now there are visuals to accompany these updates.
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Dana White presents early visual renderings of what the UFC’s event at the White House will look like
While Conor McGregor has named the opponent he will face at the White House after stating that he will be making his UFC return at this event, that isn’t the only new update.
Dana White recently appeared on Fox News where he shared some more information about their plans when speaking on ‘Special Report with Bret Baier’.
The UFC president’s comments were accompanied by some initial visual renderings of what the event is being set up to look like.
In the first image shown, the layout of what fans may see from the broadcast was shown, featuring some of the key details that White has previously spoken about.
The White House is pictured in the background with large screens either side of a small amount of fans, all underneath a huge arch that will be built to house the promotion’s lighting rig.
A second image shows the reverse angle of the previous shot, showing more of the seating arrangements with the Washington Monument in the background.
Later visuals feature the park where fans will be able to watch the event on huge screens from Washington, showcasing a huge area that will be packed with spectators.
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Dana White recently made it clear that the crowd isn’t his priority for the event
While the visuals of the area where fans will be able to watch the event on screens looks visually impressive, some concerns have been raised about this element.
Dana White has previously said that only around 5,000 people will be in attendance on the White House lawn, with those attendees not being selected by the UFC.
White spoke about this during a recent appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast, where he clearly stated that the energy of the crowd isn’t a priority for him.
“There will be less than 5,000 people there. I don’t give a f— if there’s one person there and it’s him. I’ll do this with no crowd, you know what I mean. To be on the White House lawn, with the backdrop being the White House, I don’t care.”
“This isn’t about the crowd for me, it’s about being at the White House. If it was about the crowd, I’d do it at the park that’s connected to it. I’d do it at the park, we could put, probably if I built bleachers and s— like that, we’d probably do 30,000 people over there. I can do that anywhere, at any park, at any time.”