One former UFC fan favorite believes Dana White’s big promises for the upcoming White House card will fall well short of the mark.
UFC CEO Dana White and the matchmakers are in the final stages of preparing the upcoming card at the White House. White, who formally announced plans for the event last summer, recently made the bold prediction that the card will be the ‘most-watched UFC event ever’.
While a headliner hasn’t been announced for the upcoming White House card, one potential main event proposed is a lightweight title unifier between Ilia Topuria and Justin Gaethje. UFC women’s bantamweight champion Kayla Harrison, who was supposed to welcome back Amanda Nunes at UFC 324, is plotting a return for the card against the former two-division champion.
Many superstar names have expressed profound interest in fighting on the card. Despite White’s big promises, one UFC legend believes his predictions will fall short due to the promotion’s lack of stardom.
Matt Brown: Dana White, UFC doesn’t have the stars for White House card
In a recent episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, UFC legend Matt Brown predicted a less than optimistic assessment of the upcoming White House card.
“It’s hard to imagine you’re not [setting yourself up for disappointment],” Brown said of White.
“Because they don’t have the stars that they used to have, and Conor’s not fighting on it. I don’t give a f*** what anybody says, what he says, I don’t care what Dana [White] says. They’re using him to promote it and using his name to get it out there. He’s not fighting on that s***.
“I think the even bigger issue is they can make some pretty significant, good fights but what about Americans?” Brown continued on White. “It’s at the White House. That’s the problem, they have so few American [stars]. That’s a problem. Unless they just go ahead and say you know what? F*** whether it’s American or not, we’ll just make it international, which is what I think you almost have to do and the UFC is an international sport.”
White recently claimed that the White House fight lineup was ‘finalized’ and announcements are expected to be made in the coming weeks. The event is scheduled for June 14th on the south lawn of the White House.
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