{"id":339244,"date":"2026-05-23T05:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=339244"},"modified":"2026-05-23T05:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T23:47:34","slug":"former-champion-hits-dana-white-with-clown-show-accusation-before-freedom-250-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/23\/former-champion-hits-dana-white-with-clown-show-accusation-before-freedom-250-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Former champion hits Dana White with ‘clown show’ accusation before Freedom 250 event"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just days after Jake Paul and MVP wrap up their Ronda Rousey comeback event, Dana White and UFC are set to carry their Freedom 250 event on the White House on Jun. 14, 2026.\u00a0 TKO and UFC share an in depth relationship with the USA President Donald Trump and Freedom 250 will happen on Trump’s birthday, June 14, on the White House. The weigh-ins for it can be conducted on the Lincoln Memorial. The event can be set to commemorate the 250th anniversary of america.<\/p>\n

A very free event to attend, the Freedom 250 will likely be specially hosted for the country’s military, with special investment opportunity tickets available at $1.5 million. Despite a stacked card set to happen on the White House lawn and attended by multiple notable guests and celebrities, former UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson was not impressed.<\/p>\n

During an interview with talkSPORT ahead of his comeback at PFL Brussels against Patrick Habirora, Henderson shared his thoughts<\/a> on UFC Freedom 250. \u201cI definitely won\u2019t be tuning in to observe that,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cI feel like my country \u2014 the White House will not be presupposed to be a spectacle. They usually\u2019re turning it right into a literal spectacle, a clown show, a circus, which is cool in case you like circuses, clown shows and spectacles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a reason why we go to those entertainment events, but they\u2019re presupposed to be at entertainment venues,\u201d Henderson continued. \u201cI feel like the very best seats of our house, the White House for our country, will not be presupposed to be a spectacle, not presupposed to be a clown show. It sort of makes me sad. I\u2019m pleased to have been within the UFC and done my part to assist further the game of mixed martial arts, to assist make it legitimate. But making it a spectacle, making it a show, making it a clown show, making it a circus on my country\u2019s White House\u2026 I believe it\u2019s a disservice. It\u2019s a disservice to the White House and it\u2019s a disservice, actually, to mixed martial arts as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henderson joined UFC in 2010 and stayed with the MMA promotion till 2016, before switching and joining hands with Bellator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Just days after Jake Paul and MVP wrap up their Ronda Rousey comeback event, Dana White and UFC are set to carry their Freedom 250 event on the White House on Jun. 14, 2026. TKO and UFC share an in depth relationship with the USA President Donald Trump and Freedom 250 will happen on Trump’s birthday, June 14, on the White House.<\/p>\n

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