Liberals don’t like the idea of UFC at the White House: I say, let ’em bore themselves to death

Mika Brzezinski is speaking for most liberals who don’t know any better when it comes to the UFC fight night at the White House rumored to be in the works for July 4, 2026.

“Barbaric!” was the “Morning Joe” co-host’s take on the possible MMA spectacle.

If only, say fight fans like me – also a liberal, but I grew up a fan of boxing, “the sweet science,” and pro wrestling, the carny improvement on amateur wrestling, which is unwatchable.

UFC got the reputation of being a step above cockfighting when it debuted in the 1990s, but in reality, it’s pretty boring.

There’s a reason pro wrestling is schmaltzed up into what we call a work – real fights, like the ones in UFC and other MMA promotions, are more about the participants trying to avoid getting hurt than they are about hurting the other guy or gal.

For all the bluster that the likes of Dana White and Conor McGregor attach to the goings-on, the reality is, a lot of stalking around the octagon, shooting for a leg takedown, grasp holds on the mat, more stalking, everything but actual action.

And I’m not blaming the participants here: it’s their brains at risk of getting scrambled, their bones at risk of being snapped like twigs.

The PR people for UFC are expert at condensing a fight night of nothing into looking like something in the highlights on social media, but really, no, you’ve not missed anything.

That said, UFC did just sign a $7.7 billion – with a b – streaming deal with Paramount, which obviously thinks the paying public hasn’t caught on to the reality, that UFC is a car wreck about to happen that is never going to happen.

Look where boxing is now; there’s a shelf life for UFC like there was for boxing.

Against that backdrop, the idea being advanced that Donald Trump wants to have a UFC fight night at the White House next July 4 is intended to provoke the expected reaction.

“It’s yucky,” was another comment from Brzezinski, who assumes that the winner of the main event is going to put the loser’s head on a pole and parade it across the White House lawn.

More likely: a five-round decision, with the winner being the guy who was on top of the other guy for a slightly longer portion of the 25 minutes.