It Could Happen Here Weekly 238

**Garrison Davis** (0:01)
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**Robert Evans** (0:03)
Hey, everybody, Robert Evans here, and I wanted to let you know, this is a compilation episode. So every episode of the week that just happened is here in one convenient and with somewhat less ads package for you to listen to in a long stretch if you want. If you've been listening to the episodes every day this week, there's gonna be nothing new here for you, but you can make your own decisions.

**Garrison Davis** (0:28)
Welcome to It Could Happen Here on Garrison Davis.
This show originally focused on the potentiality of a second American Civil War and the conditions or events that might set one into motion. And we will return to that topic later this episode. But first, let me introduce my guest, friend of the pod artist and noted live streamer, Bailey Newposter.

**Bailey Newposter** (0:52)
I don't like that that's what we're attributing to me nowadays, but that's fine. That's fair.
Hello, everybody.

**Garrison Davis** (1:01)
Thank you for coming back on the show. Let's start our main topic.
Last summer, President Trump announced a UFC championship fight at the White House in 2026 as a part of the festivities for America's 250th birthday. The event was initially planned to take place on July 4th, but last October, Trump announced it was rescheduled to take place on Flag Day, June 14th, which coincides with his 80th birthday.
Come Memorial Day, a giant claw-like canopy was being erected on the South Lawn right in front of the White House. The event, officially titled UFC Freedom 250, had a lower capacity than originally envisioned, just 4,000 attendees far from the 25,000 spectators on the White House grounds that Trump pitched last summer. The 4,000 seats in the miniature stadium arena were invite only. Most tickets went to members of the military, while Trump had 1,000 tickets to give out at his discretion. Though there were 85,000 free tickets to watch the fights on big screens from the Ellipse Park near the Washington Monument. UFC Freedom 250 was streamed on Paramount Plus and began with Trump and UFC CEO Dana White walking together from the Oval Office to the Octagon. Zach Brown sang the national anthem, featuring a military flyover. This was a $60 million production with fireworks, dirt bike tricks and music by the US Marine Band, which played Trump's favorite song, YMCA.
Billionaires like David Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg were in attendance along with members of Trump's cabinet and politicians. Before the first fight, UFC announcer Bruce Buffer kicked things off in a way that really encapsulated the entire event. I'll show you this clip here and I'll have the audience listen to the audio.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:03)
From the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. For USC Freedom 250, presented by Ram Trucks, Nothing Stops Ram, and by crypto.com, the world's leading cryptocurrency platform.

**Bailey Newposter** (3:23)
Yes, sponsorships on the White House lawn. Let's go, dude.

**Garrison Davis** (3:28)
Crypto shout outs literally within 30 seconds of like the actual event like starting, like after the anthem, like once the fight starts, within 30 seconds, we get cryptocurrency ads. And I mean, the stage was covered in logos for Red, White and Blue Monster Energy, Meta, Rumble, the far right video streaming platform, crypto.com, as mentioned, Stake Gambling, and of course, Polymarket.
UFC fighters were actually paid in the form of a crypto coin called USD1, issued by the Trump family's own crypto company, World Liberty Financial. Awesome. Crypto all the way in this event. But UFC Freedom 250 went off largely without a hitch, save for a stunt pulled by UFC heel, Josh Hokett, after winning his heavyweight match, where he called Michelle Obama a man while being interviewed by Joe Rogan.

**Bailey Newposter** (4:31)
That's probably one of my favorite conspiracy theories, the Michelle Obama is a man stuff.

**Garrison Davis** (4:37)
It's pretty old. People have been writing that for like over a decade.

**Bailey Newposter** (4:42)
That's a classic. I like the ones that mix it with Michelle Obama is a man, and Obama used to be a woman. Those are the ones that I really respect.

**Garrison Davis** (4:51)
A solid straight tea for tea relationship there.

**Bailey Newposter** (4:54)
Yeah.

**Garrison Davis** (4:55)
Joe Rogan never addressed this comment for the rest of the night, and the UFC cut out this comment from Hokit, from the YouTube upload, and it's been issuing takedown requests across social media. UFC CEO, Dianne White, told Time Magazine that he's, quote, completely against saying nasty and things about people's families. Everyone knows my position on free speech, but I hate that kind of nonsense, unquote.
But according to the FBI, this event could have gone very differently.