‘Nine championship fights’ – Donald Trump makes UFC White House card announcement after Dana White’s main event decision

DONALD TRUMP has sensationally revealed that there could be up to NINE title fights on the UFC’s proposed White House card.

The US President is set to host a historic event at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on June 14 to celebrate America’s 250th year of Independence.

UFC supremo Dana White has teased an epic card befitting the magnitude of the occasion.

And President Trump, a long-time pal of White’s, has claimed up to nine of the eleven UFC titles could be contested for in the shadow of the White House.

President Trump said: “It’s gonna be June 14 next year.

“They’re building an arena, the great Dana White is building an arena.

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“They are going to have eight or nine championship fights.

“It’s the biggest fights they’ve ever had; every fight is a championship fight.”

According to Trump, White and the UFC matchmakers are keeping certain fights on ice specifically for the event.

He said: “He’s actually holding back fights right now for six months, so he can do them on the 250th anniversary.

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“I think 250 is going to be amazing. I think the arena is going to be five or six thousand seats right in front of the door of the White House.”

Trump, who turns 80 on fight night, insists the event will be unlike any other held in UFC and White House history.

He exclaimed: “I don’t think there’ll be anything like it.

“It’ll be on Sunday night, June 14, [on] Flag Day.

“It happens to be my birthday, but I didn’t do it for that reason. ‘Sir, we like the June 14 date.’

“I said, ‘Yeah, that’s my birthday.’ They didn’t know it

“But they picked it. I’ll take a little heat on that, but it’s not that.”

They are going to have eight or nine championship fights.”

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MMA fans around the world are wondering who will top the bill of the historic card.

But UFC bigwig White already ruled out the possibility of Jon Jones being given top billing, as he still doesn’t trust the Hall of Famer after he performed a major U-turn on his heavyweight title unification bout with Tom Aspinall.

During an appearance on the Flagrant podcast, he said: “I can’t put Jon Jones in a position where he can (pull out). 

“We had a deal to fight Tom Aspinall, and he said, ‘You know what, I’m not going to do it.’

“He didn’t want to do it, I can’t be in that position.”