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White House Will Host Historic Fight on July 4

August 12, 2025 at 12:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

UFC CEO Dana White told CBS News he will stage a historic fight at the White House on July 4, 2026, marking America’s 250th birthday with what would be the first professional mixed martial arts event ever held at the presidential residence.

Said White: “It is definitely going to happen.”

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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