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Key takeaways
- WASHINGTON -- A quick note to future historians who may find this dispatch -- hopefully, when the United States has already enjoyed its 350th or 500th or whatever anniversary.
- Yes, in honor of America's 250th, a seven-match Ultimate Fighting Championship card was staged on the grounds of the White House.
- This all happened on Sunday: Fight Night at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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WASHINGTON -- A quick note to future historians who may find this dispatch -- hopefully, when the United States has already enjoyed its 350th or 500th or whatever anniversary.
Yes, in honor of America's 250th, a seven-match Ultimate Fighting Championship card was staged on the grounds of the White House. Seriously. This was one of the ways 250 years of independence was celebrated.
It was right there in the backyard, in a makeshift stadium with flashing lights, Octagon girls in stars-and-striped dresses and the 160-piece Marine Band playing the walkout music for fighters arriving from all parts of the White House, even the Oval Office. They were even serving Bud Lights.