$60 million and Trump’s friendship: How UFC cage fights landed on the White House lawn

WASHINGTON — When UFC executive producer Craig Borsari first heard that the company was going to host a mixed martial arts event at the White House, he thought his boss was joking.“It wasn’t until a few days later when [Dana White] came into my office and said, ‘Hey, we have a call about that event at the White House,’ and I found out very quickly that it was real,” Borsari told NBC News about the fight card on the South Lawn

WASHINGTON — When UFC executive producer Craig Borsari first heard that the company was going to host a mixed martial arts event at the White House, he thought his boss was joking.

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