This was beyond a spectacle, and not because the White House is foreign to sports. There was blood. Which was part of the program.

UFC Freedom 250 marks the culmination of a decades-long relationship between a president and a sport which harnessed bravado to reach the White House.

Stage is set for Trump’s birthday bash as the president’s DC-wide makeover includes massive MMA event on the south lawn

A Monster Energy-sponsored MMA show on the White House’s South Lawn was never going to be the height of dignity. But UFC Freedom 250 is failing to clear even the lowest bar.

Show goes on for Trump’s 80th birthday event – featuring a 92ft ‘Claw’, thousands of seats and a fighting cage – despite ominous weather forecasts

Donald Trump is making a splash by hosting a UFC event at the White House, marking his 80th birthday and the nation's 250th anniversary

The mixed martial arts show on Sunday night that is streaming on Paramount+ is timed for Trump’s 80th birthday and the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.

MMA event reflects career deeply intertwined with professional fighting, but risks political fallout.

Freedom 250 was hyped to deliver on Dana White’s 25-year-long project of elevating the UFC to the mainstream of pop culture.

Strange things are afoot at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, giving rise to an obvious question: how did we get here?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fueled by a dose of high-octane patriotism, US President Donald Trump and UFC boss Dana White walked out from the Oval Office to the Blue Room

Justin Gaethje stunned Ilia Topuria in the main event as a night of military pageantry, political theater and cage fighting veered into conspiracy-laden culture-war rhetoric

Within minutes of strolling to his seat ringside, while the Marine Corps band blasted a live rendition of AC/DC's "Thunderstruck," Trump was posting details about the Iran deal on…

President Trump sat ringside wa the White House on his 80th birthday for a series of UFC matches that fit his own brand of combative politics.

US President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday by hosting a UFC event on the White House grounds, drawing praise from supporters and criticism from opponents who accused him…

This was beyond a spectacle, and not because the White House is foreign to sports. There was blood. Which was part of the program.

More than 4,000 spectators — made up of Trump officials, VIPs like Mark Zuckerberg and active military members — were on the South Lawn of the White House for Sunday night’s event.

President Trump's UFC Freedom 250 at the White House was as advertised. From the bizarre to offensive, here is what you missed:

Beyond the bouts and the political spectacle, here are a few things from UFC Freedom 250 you may not have caught.

A shocking moment of the night came when one of the UFC fighters repeated an offensive conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama

Despite a last-ditch legal bid to block the event, the White House spent the night as a marketing department for the private fighting company