Overview
- Organizers built a temporary arena and 92-foot steel canopy on the South Lawn to host the UFC card and the courts refused emergency requests to stop the event.
- Commentators and officials described the fight night as high energy with organizers and broadcasters saying every main-card bout ended by knockout and Justin Gaethje delivering a headline victory.
- The production mixed military pageantry and entertainment, including parachute jumps, military flyovers, a bald eagle appearance, the U.S. Army Band and the Zac Brown Band.
- The event drew an estimated core crowd of about 4,300 people including roughly 1,200 service members while organizers said tens of thousands more watched on large screens outside.
- Legal and security issues remain: plaintiffs challenged federal approvals, federal agencies provided security, and the FBI later said it disrupted an alleged plot connected to the show.