2026年6月10日 2:20 协调世界时 / 路透社
作者：迈克·斯卡塞拉
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2026年6月9日，美国华盛顿特区，将在白宫举办UFC Freedom 250赛事的临时赛场仍在建设中。路透社/凯文·拉马克
华盛顿，6月9日（路透社）——唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府周二敦促法官驳回阻止本周末在白宫草坪举办终极格斗冠军赛（UFC）赛事的诉讼，辩称该赛事合法，且起诉方提起诉讼的时机过晚。
两名华盛顿地区居民已向美国联邦地区法官阿米特·梅塔申请临时限制令，以叫停6月14日的UFC赛事。他们辩称，白宫南草坪禁止举办体育赛事，而为赛事搭建的大型金属赛场也未获得国会要求的批准。
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特朗普政府在一份法庭文件中还表示，原告未证明其诉求很可能获得支持，因为他们未表明自己将受到何种损害。
“他们大可以在周末别去看这场比赛，”文件中写道，“相反，他们却试图借助联邦法院的权力，将他们个人的偏好强加给全国其他民众，并毁掉这场旨在庆祝美利坚合众国的活动。”
原告的律师未立即回复置评请求。
这场被命名为“UFC Freedom 250”的白宫赛事恰逢特朗普80岁生日，计划在一座92英尺高（约28米高）的八角形建筑内举办赛事，称重仪式将在林肯纪念堂举行。
诉讼指控国家公园管理局和内政部非法批准了该赛事，并请求撤销相关授权。
“这个国家的公共纪念场所不应被出借用于私人牟利，”诉讼中写道。
政府反驳称，相关规定并未禁止举办活动，且白宫南草坪历来有举办公共活动的历史。
特朗普与UFC的渊源可追溯至21世纪初，当时他同意在自己后来破产的新泽西州大西洋城泰姬陵赌场举办赛事。UFC首席执行官达纳·怀特是特朗普的亲密盟友。
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Trump administration urges judge to reject bid to block White House UFC event
June 10, 2026 2:20 AM UTC / Reuters
By Mike Scarcella
Updated 1 hour ago
Construction continues on a temporary arena that will host the UFC Freedom 250 fight card at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 9, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration asked a judge on Tuesday to reject an effort to halt an Ultimate Fighting Championship event on the White House lawn this weekend, arguing that the event was lawful and the challengers had waited too long to sue.
Two Washington-area residents have asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta for a temporary restraining order to stop the June 14 UFC match. They contend that sporting events are barred on the White House’s South Lawn and the large metal arena being constructed for the fight lacks required approval from Congress.
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The Trump administration also said in a court filing that the plaintiffs had not shown they are likely to succeed in their claims as they had not shown how they would be harmed.
“It would be easy enough to simply avert their gazes for the weekend,” the filing said. “Instead, they seek to enlist the power of a federal court to impose their idiosyncratic preferences on the rest of the country and ruin an event designed to celebrate the United States of America.”
Lawyers for the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The White House event, dubbed “UFC Freedom 250” and coinciding with Trump’s 80th birthday, plans to hold bouts inside a 92-foot-tall (28-meter-tall) octagon-shaped structure with weigh-ins at the Lincoln Memorial.
The lawsuit alleges the National Park Service and Interior Department unlawfully approved the event and seeks to set that authorization aside.
“This nation’s public monuments should not be loaned out for private exploitation,” it said.
The administration countered that the regulations do not bar events and that the White House South Lawn has a history of hosting public events.
Trump’s ties with UFC date back to the early 2000s, when he agreed to host events at his since-bankrupt Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. UFC Chief Executive Dana White is a close Trump ally.
Reporting by Mike Scarcella; Editing by David Bario and Edwina Gibbs
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