President Donald Trump outlined plans for a custom-built outdoor Octagon for UFC Freedom 250. 

UFC shared its first glimpse at the set-up for the Freedom 250 card on June 14, due to be staged on the South Lawn of the White House for Trump’s birthday. 

After attending UFC 327, where the teaser trailer was shown, alongside Marco Rubio and entering next to Dana White, it was Trump who outlined the plans for the set-up while speaking to reporters outside of the Oval Office on Monday. 

“I’ve been involved with a lot of big events. I’ve never had an event that’s had more interest than the UFC fight that we have right at the front door,” he said. “They’re gonna start building about a 4,500-seat arena.”

And a much larger overflow area will be staged on the Ellipse south of the White House grounds. 

“We’re gonna have maybe 100,000. 50 to 100,000 people. I guess. They’re building tremendous stages, and they’re gonna have massive screens of the fight.”

Trump drew criticism for attending UFC 327 while talks were being held over the war with Iran, which ultimately came to an end with no resolution as Trump was soaking in the Kaseya Center atmosphere. Trump played a little more of an active role by questioning why Derrick Lewis wasn’t on the White House card, prompting White to make a heavyweight bout between Lewis and 327 stand-out Josh Hokit specifically for him. 

UFC Hall of Famer Michael Bisping laughed and said there will always be a bag big enough to return. 

Bisping retired with a record of 30-9 and as a former UFC Middleweight Champion after taking on a fight just two weeks after losing his title to Georges St-Pierre. 

Bisping said after his loss to Kelvin Gastelum on that fateful night in Shanghai that he had been having issues with his eyes going into the fight, but the first-round loss was the proverbial last straw. 

Bisping started exhibiting Strabismus after suffering a detached retina against Vitor Belfort in 2013, but fought on to 2017 before ultimately calling it quits. 

Such is the tale for so many fighters, Ronda Rousey and Gina Carano are making their respective returns to the sport on Netflix in May. And with that in mind, TMZ Sports asked Bisping at LAX if he was open to returning for a price. He laughed it off and said he was retired, pointing to accomplishing as much as he did before his injury. 

But when he was asked if that could change with a significant number, he said: “I mean there’s always a bag big enough. But, probably, 99%, I’m done.”

He was also asked about criticisms of the UFC Freedom 250 card at the White House on June 14, and said there was always going to be naysayers but touted the fights including Alex Pereira’s debut at heavyweight. 

Bisping continues to work for UFC as a commentator and will be starring alongside Daniel Cormier in the upcoming “The Ultimate Fighter” reality show. 

“The Murderhawk Monster” Lance Archer has been a member of the AEW roster for over six years at the time of writing. He’s challenged for the AEW Men’s World Championship on multiple occasions, has had WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts in his corner, and is still featured regularly on television as a member of The Don Callis Family. With that said, could Archer’s time with AEW be coming to an end in the near future?

According to Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Archer’s contract with AEW is set to expire in July, and there has been no word at the time of writing on whether he will re-sign with the company. Despite still appearing on “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision,” Archer hasn’t been a featured performer in AEW for some time, and hasn’t actually won a televised match in AEW since the Summer Blockbuster edition of “Collision” back in June 2025. However, he does still pick up wins whenever he appears in Ring of Honor, and has been working dark matches for the company as of late. His last sustained push came back at the beginning of 2025 when he teamed up with Brian Cage as part of the Murder Machines, but that push was halted when Cage suffered a serious knee injury.

If Archer was to leave AEW, he wouldn’t be short of options as to where he could land next. He still keeps busy by taking independent bookings, and still maintains a good relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling where he achieved a lot of success during the 2010s. Archer has featured in both the G1 Climax and the World Tag League as one half of Monster Sauce alongside Alex Zayne in recent years, and at 49-years old, he would still have a home in Japan if he were to let his contract with AEW expire.

Rodriguez said he shared a cell with two people in high places, and they looked out for him. He reasoned that everybody loves a fighter and said he was put in one of the best situations he could have been in.

“My first 12 days I was in a six man cell with like 25 people in there. Dudes sleeping on the floor, two men per bunk, and I couldn’t even sleep,” he recalled. “It was just disgusting in there. It’s horrible. Fortunately word got around that I was in there and I got shot up to the VIP section.”

“What happened was I went to court one day, my first court date, and one of the guards recognized me and started asking me for pictures. So all the guards are right there taking pictures. Some of the inmates saw that,” Rodriguez reasoned. He went on to say, “In the back of my mind, I had a sense like, I think this guy’s using me as protection. I’m kind of like his bodyguard or something like that. But I just ran with it.”

When asked what kind of privileges he was given, Rodriguez said he didn’t want to “burn the spot” for people still in the prison. He said those little things go a long way and he was fortunate to have them, although it wasn’t cheap.