UFC CEO Dana White described the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, DC, on 25 April 2026 as 'f***ing awesome,' saying he 'took in every minute' of the chaos after a gunman opened fire inside the Washington Hilton. White was attending the dinner as a guest when the incident happened, briefly interrupting one of the most closely watched nights on the US political calendar.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the most commercially successful sports organisations in the US, has also become a visible political figure in recent years. Its long-standing public friendship and alignment with Donald Trump have kept it within Trump's circle of supporters and among high-profile guests at major Washington events.
