Bo Nickal Draws Kyle Daukaus on White House Lawn Card
Bo Nickal is scheduled to fight kyle daukaus on Sunday on the South Lawn of the White House. The UFC Freedom 250 card puts Nickal on a seven-fight event built for America’s 250th anniversary and Trump’s 80th birthday.
White House South Lawn
The card will hold 4,300 attendees and stream live at 5 p.m. That makes the setting unusually small for a UFC event and unusually visible at the same time, with the sport moving onto a temporary outdoor stage in Washington.
Nickal said he is not intimidated by fighting in front of the president. He first met Donald Trump at a White House event with collegiate athletes who had won national titles, and he said Trump later invited him and some of the other wrestlers back to the Oval Office.
Nickal and Trump
“He kind of went through, said hello to all the teams and took pictures, but when he got to us wrestlers, he was all excited,” Nickal said of that first meeting. “He talked to us for probably 10 or 15 minutes, just chatting.”
He added that Trump has called him every once in a while and that he has been golfing with him a couple times. “Our relationship has been unique,” Nickal said. “I’ve appreciated it a lot because obviously as somebody who is as powerful and busy as him, he does take time out of his day to give me a call every once in awhile.”
Nickal’s spot on the card
The White House slot comes after a swing in Nickal’s run. He won his first seven pro fights before losing by a knee to the body knockout against Reinier de Ridder last May, then beat Rodolfo Vieira by head kick knockout in November.
Immediately after the Vieira win, he was told his next bout would be on the White House card. “My whole life and whole career have been big moments, and they always continue to get bigger and more exciting, and this is another one of those,” Nickal said. “The bigger the moment, the better I’m going to perform.”
For fans, the key details are simple: Sunday, South Lawn, Kyle Daukaus, and a live stream at 5 p.m. The event is part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration, with a packed card and a venue built for 4,300 people.
