White House fight cancelled during UFC 326 weigh in as live reaction 'spotted'

Dana White has confirmed that one of the fights scheduled to take place at UFC White House has ‘fallen off’, despite the promotion working on it for some time, while Nick Maynard, Hunter Campbell and Sean Shelby’s live reactions were spotted during the UFC 326 weigh-in on Friday (6 March).

White confirmed the news when speaking to content creator Nina Marie Daniele on Friday and explained: “I’ll tell you guys something about the White House fight. We’ve been working on this thing non-stop and one of the fights has literally just fallen out when I walked in here… brutal.”

Meanwhile, a second clip also emerged, showing Vice President of Talent Relations Maynard, CBO Campbell and matchmaker Shelby seemingly reacting to the news during the weigh-in ahead of the UFC 326 card, which will be headlined by Max Holloway vs Charles Oliveira in Las Vegas on Saturday (8 March).

Campbell initially whispered into Shelby’s ear before informing Maynard, who did not appear best pleased.

It should be noted that it is unclear exactly what was said during the exchange.

The White House card is set to take place on the South Lawn on 14 June, which also happens to be US President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday.

Despite rumours of Conor McGregor and Jon Jones returning to the Octagon, the official card has yet to be released.

However, White has pledged to announce the card on Saturday during UFC 326.

Speaking on Piers Morgan Uncensored earlier this week, White said: “I’m looking at it right now. I’m staring at all six fights.

“We’re scheduled to do six fights. We were going to do six fights, we might actually do seven, I might add one more, but yeah, I’m excited.

“I’ll announce the board this week.”

The American then hit back at claims fights had been leaked on social media.

“Every day when I wake up, somebody will send me a leak, like, ‘This fight’s happening,’” White explained.

“All these guys on the internet are putting out every fight that is possible to make out there that is happening at the White House. I think if they keep throwing enough shit out there, something’s going to stick, and eventually they have to be right. Everybody at each weight class, the top 15 — they keep putting together every fight that’s possible, so eventually they’re going to be right.”