President Donald Trump has signed off on an unprecedented spectacle: a UFC cage fight on the White House South Lawn, according to UFC Chief Executive Dana White.

“The White House fight is on,” White, who pitched the idea directly to Trump during a meeting at the White House, told his 10.7 million followers on social media after the meeting, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. “We got it done today.”

The event, which is set for next summer, will bring mixed martial arts to one of the nation’s most symbolic backdrops, complete with fireworks, lasers, and thousands of spectators.

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