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White: UFC at White House 'great,' never again
Key takeaways
- WASHINGTON -- Dana White stood at the dais with the winning fighters flanking him at 3 a.m.
- "I'll never do the Sphere again, and we'll never do this again."
- White declined to provide specifics but indicated UFC hit the numbers it sought for its $60 million production.
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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.
"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.
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