This weekend, America’s most famous lawn is getting a full dose of adrenaline. President Donald Trump and UFC chief Dana White are teaming up to bring pure chaos to the South Lawn.
Added to the UFC Freedom 250 fight card, this Saturday, June 13, Nitro Circus legend Travis Pastrana is set to backflip a dirt bike on the White House lawn.
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Pastrana first pitched the stunt to White at a Power Slap event, fully expecting to get laughed off. Instead, White took the idea seriously.
In a video call announcing the event early Tuesday, White explained how the conversation unfolded.
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“You grabbed me at Power Slap and said, ‘I want to do a backflip on the South Lawn of the White House,'” White told Pastrana. “And I said, ‘Interesting. All right, let me see what I can do.'”
“That’s a yes?” Pastrana replied. “We’re back-flipping the White House lawn?”
Apparently, the answer was yes.
White reached out to his friend in the Oval Office, and the stunt quickly became reality. Sponsored by Black Rifle Coffee, the jump will help launch the upcoming Nitro Circus tour.
Most recently, Pastrana rode a dirt bike through the floor of a Las Vegas casino to help sell tickets. But a backflip on the White House lawn takes things to an entirely different level.
Trump has been a longtime UFC supporter and familiar face cageside.
Now, he and Dana White appear ready to bring the action directly to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Whether Washington’s political class loves it or hates it, the White House lawn is about to host one of the wildest sports spectacles in American history.
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