Trump hosts UFC fights on White House lawn for his 80th birthday

Donald Trump, celebrating his 80th birthday, is hosting a historic Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the South Lawn of the White House. The event, featuring Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights within a caged octagon, is described with graphic detail, including potential injuries like torn tendons, broken bones, and eye sockets being gouged. The spectacle aims to deliver the "finish" that fans desire, a sentiment echoed by the sport's commentators.

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It will be bloody. If it goes badly, someone tears a tendon. Breaks a bone. Gets a finger poked so deep into the eye socket that they can no longer see. If it goes well, one knocks the other unconscious. Chokes him until he can no longer breathe. Or twists his limbs until the pain is unbearable, and he gives up.

The UFC, a billion-dollar company, has developed a structure called "The Claw" for the event. Trump has a long-standing connection to the sport, dating back to the UFC's inception in 1993. In its early days, UFC shows were viewed as disreputable and almost underground, with few rules and participants who were not always highly trained professionals. Critics, including the late Republican presidential candidate John McCain, famously labeled the events "human cockfights."

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He gets the finish

By the turn of the millennium, the UFC was on the brink of bankruptcy. Dana White, a young man passionate about boxing, stepped in. Now 56 and the official president of the UFC, White is considered a father figure by many fans and fighters. He also became a friend of Donald Trump. White recalls his first UFC event in 2001 at Trump's Taj Mahal Hotel in Atlantic City, stating it was "the most incredible thing I've ever seen."

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Human cockfights