US President Donald Trump has revealed that he made one final request to Dana White ahead of the UFC White House event.
The event, which is due to be held on the South Lawn of the White House, is officially being referred to as Freedom 250.
It will celebrate the USA's 250th anniversary of independence, and is set to take place on June 14.
UFC president White unveiled the card last month, with Ilia Topuria to defend his undisputed lightweight belt against Justin Gaethje in the main event.
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Trump was in attendance at UFC 327, held at the Kaseya Center, Miami, over the weekend.
After discussions held during the show, White revealed that the US President requested that UFC heavyweight Derrick Lewis compete on the card.
White subsequently confirmed that Lewis had been granted a fight on the card and will be taking on Josh Hokit.
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But that is not the only involvement that Trump has had in setting up the logistics of the event.
The President has revealed that he wants the name of the event to be changed to 'UFC 1776', reflecting the year that the US Declaration of Independence was signed.
The UFC uses a number-order system for its pay-per-view events, with UFC 327 being the most recent show held by the promotion.
His request was prompted by a journalist, who asked Trump if the UFC should abandon their usual system and name it 1776 instead.
"That's a good idea. I'll tell that to Dana White," he replied. "I like that idea, actually.
"I will say, I've been involved in a lot of big events. I've never had an event which has had more interest than the UFC fight that we're going to have right at the front door.
"They're going to start building a 4,500-seat arena. At the back, we're going to have maybe 100,000, 50,000 to 100,000 people, I guess.
"They're building tremendous stages. And we're going to have massive screens of the fight. It's a very popular sport.
"I have never been involved... because of the White House and everything, there's a lot of reasons for it, but we're having a fight at the White House, and we're going to have an arena at the front door."
Topics: Donald Trump, Dana White, United States
Ryan Smart