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

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.

UFC Freedom 250, one of the most unique sports events in modern history, is set to take place Sunday, coinciding with Trump’s 80th birthday.

Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation's capital for an usual fight night at the White House

Throngs of UFC fans have descended on the nation's capital for an usual fight night at the White House

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

As the UFC circus takes over Washington DC, fans defend the spectacle as some of America's most iconic structures provide the backdrop to the show.

Seven cage fights will be held on the White House grounds in honor of the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary.

Politicians are increasingly asked to function as cultural icons. That’s why a cage fight on the White House lawn represents a seminal moment in American politics.

MMA event to celebrate President's 80th birthday set for Sunday night in Washington

The UFC is hosting a fight series on the White House South Lawn Sunday night.

Donald Trump hosted a UFC event on the White House Lawn for his 80th birthday. Fighters from around the world joined the celebration, marking a unique moment for the sport.

The fight will go on after a judge rejected efforts to stop it.

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.

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:

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