Law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend, according to court papers unsealed Tuesday that say plotters disgruntled with the direction of the country spoke of flying explosives-laden drones and shooting panicked crowd members as they fled.

After the UFC event, crews moved quickly to break down temporary White House structures.

The massive stage constructed for the UFC fights happening on the South Lawn had a design constraint to keep in mind. When designing the stage for the UFC fights taking place on the White House lawn on Sunday,

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House is underway, after lightning tore across the evening sky as the first two fighters walked out into the ring. The championship, the first ever professional sporting event held at the presidential residence,

The White House set a dramatic scene for UFC’s $60 million Freedom 250 event on the South Lawn on June 14, 2026. See photos of the historic event.

A look inside the UFC White House fight

WASHINGTON—Some of Trump’s most prominent allies attended Sunday’s cage fight on the South Lawn of the White House. Among the thousands of attendees were well-known Republican lawmakers and members of Trump’s family.

President Donald Trump marks turning 80 on Sunday with a birthday celebration that once would have seemed unfathomable: a cage-fighting show on the storied South Lawn of the White House. This week, the hard realities of the office have threatened to overshadow the ostentatious UFC mixed martial arts extravaganza,