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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Bruce Golding

UFC’s parent company is betting $60M on Trump’s White House cage fights. It could all be ruined by flies

President Donald Trump's plan to host cage fights on the White House lawn is expected to cost $60 million for UFC’s parent company, with them only recouping half that, for the controversial event — and that doesn't even account for any blows struck by nature.

"The three big problems, as far as I am seeing right now, are rain, lightning and a ton of bugs,” Trump ally and UFC CEO Dana White recently told The Hollywood Reporter.

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