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card is in 2026, UFC will not be on ESPN after this year…
Media ESPN”s full fight card for Trump’s White House fight card
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So a couple champs and a whole bunch of washed up has-beens? That's cool, Trump won't know the difference
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Brett Okamoto. The media journalist
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Beautiful fight card.
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Dude will shelf himself for a year, don’t worry.
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No point really even considering anything a whole year out. The entire landscape of the world can change in that time. Let alone the MMA landscape.
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Wow, that was such a bullshit article they wouldn't even put a name on the article.
ESPN staff? Fuck off.
Garbage card celebrated by Sherdog's resident legal and marketing expert. Didn't even need to see who TS was.
ESPN staff? Fuck off.
Garbage card celebrated by Sherdog's resident legal and marketing expert. Didn't even need to see who TS was.
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That dude, Hale, has no idea Wonderboy and Masvidal have fought. I'm sure he'd say that he knew that, but no, he didn't know that.
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Way-too-early UFC at the White House fight card
Dana White says a UFC event at the White House is "going to happen" in 2026, so let's take a early look at building a fight card fit for the venue.www.espn.com
Holy fuck thats an ESPN article? Did AI generate this or something? Raja Jackson has a better chance of headlining this over that card.
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what's the point of a White House card if you have zero stars? if it was going to happen it would've happened when Conor and Ronda were on fire.
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OWGP, 1 night tournament, some fights must be postponed to make it happen.
Aspinal vs Gane
Volkov vs Alemida
Blaydes vs Prochazka
Pavlovich vs Ngannou
Lewis vs Chimaev
Nemkov vs Jones
Tuivasa vs Pereira
Reug Reug vs Malyhkin w/ vs Ankalaev
Heavy weights will wreck this field
Aspinal vs Gane
Volkov vs Alemida
Blaydes vs Prochazka
Pavlovich vs Ngannou
Lewis vs Chimaev
Nemkov vs Jones
Tuivasa vs Pereira
Reug Reug vs Malyhkin w/ vs Ankalaev
Heavy weights will wreck this field
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Damn it's bad enough we let white belts make Sherdog threads but they just let one write for ESPN.
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lol do you guys remember when Trump was tweeting about being happy that Ronda lost the title to Holly Holm? 
Way-too-early UFC at the White House fight card
Dana White says a UFC event at the White House is "going to happen" in 2026, so let's take a early look at building a fight card fit for the venue.
Early prelims
Jim Miller
In this scenario, two of the longest careers in UFC history could end on the same night. These two have been fighting for so long (77 combined UFC fights), it's not easy to come up with the perfect way for their careers to end. How do you create the perfect final chapter of two careers that have seen it all? This would suffice. Miller and Barboza battle on the White House lawn, then leave their gloves in the Octagon together after. --Okamoto
Welterweight:
This would be a fight between a returning anti-hero in Masvidal, who has had a temperamental relationship with UFC fans and would be coming out of retirement for his first UFC fight since 2023, against everyone's friendly neighborhood "Wonderboy." Although both have entered their 40s and are on streaks of at least three losses, their respective styles would make for an intriguing fight. Masvidal perfected his craft street fighting in Florida, while Thompson grew up honing his kickboxing skills under the tutelage of his father. The meeting of polar opposites in desperate need of a win is perfect for a card of this magnitude. -- Hale
Middleweight: Strickland vs Adesanya
One of several rematches on the card, this fight is all about redemption. Strickland upset Adesanya for the UFC title in shocking fashion in 2023, and nothing has been the same for Adesanya since. That five-round defeat to Strickland began a string of three straight losses, but Adesanya vs. Strickland really was never supposed to happen in the first place. Adesanya wanted Dricus Du Plessis but wasn't patient enough to wait for him to heal from injury. Adesanya later revealed on his podcast that White tried to convince him not to take the first fight against Strickland. Adesanya doesn't need to prove anything to anyone at this point, but he could go try to prove this loss was a fluke, if he wanted to. -- Okamoto
Prelims
Women's bantamweight:
Dana: Tate a bad matchup for Holm
UFC president Dana White warned Holly Holm that fighting Miesha Tate was a dangerous fight and it didn't go in her way at UFC 196.
The first meeting between Tate and Holm took place in 2016 and changed the women's MMA landscape. White wasn't in favor of the booking. Holm was coming off one of the most famous wins in UFC history, a head kick knockout of Ronda Rousey, and White wanted Holm to wait for a Rousey rematch, but Holm didn't like the idea of sitting. She demanded a fight against Tate and ended up succumbing to a rear-naked choke in the final round. Longtime fans can still picture Holm punching air as she went unconscious. Holm is no longer in the UFC, but she could always re-sign for one fight. This is a fantasy card, after all, and this would be a great story to add to it. -- Okamoto
Men's bantamweight:
Cejudo has discussed retirement, and O'Malley's career doesn't have a clear direction for the first time ever, following back-to-back losses in title fights against Merab Dvalishvili. But these two have long expressed interest in fighting each other. They're both essentially from Arizona at this point, having both resided there for the majority of their careers. O'Malley has trolled Cejudo on many occasions, going back at least five years. Lots of backstory to this matchup. -- Okamoto
BMF championship:
The BMF title will almost certainly be fought for at the White House, so the current BMF title-holder Max Holloway could be, too. Jeff Bottari/Getty Images
There has to be a BMF title fight on a card of this magnitude, right? Fans love Holloway, and there's no way he could be left off this card. Pimblett is arguably the fastest rising star in the UFC and continues to exceed expectations when he steps into the Octagon. As long as "Paddy the Baddy" hasn't become the lightweight champion by the time this card rolls around, a fight with Holloway to determine the baddest man in the UFC would be a welcome addition to the card. Holloway is rarely, if ever, in an unexciting fight, and Pimblett has proved he brings the ruckus whenever the cage door shuts. This would be a certified U.S. vs. U.K. banger between fan favorites. -- Hale
Some people don't understand that the BMF title is exclusively for american fighters. It is a consolation belt for the american audience to make up for the lack of american champions. They are never booking a foreign fighter in a BMF fight.
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