Troops Must Meet Weight Standard to Get Free Tickets to White House UFC Fight: Report
The Pentagon is prioritizing junior troops and genuine UFC fans, while requiring a waist-to-height ratio below 0.55 and all service fitness tests.
- Senior Pentagon leaders are curating lists of service members to attend next month's White House UFC event hosted by President Donald Trump, requiring attendees to meet a DOW waist-to-height ratio of less than 0.55.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's focus on military fitness drove the requirement. He declared last October at Marine Corps Base Quantico: "There will be no fat troops or fat generals and admirals in the halls of the Pentagon."
- The Pentagon directs commanders to select "genuine UFC fans" from junior enlisted personnel and officers. While tickets are free, service members must pay their own way to attend the White House event.
- Defense officials told CNN that senior leadership prefers attendees who "look good on camera." One official described the selection requirements as sending a clear message: "No fattys."
- President Donald Trump recently purchased between $15,000 and $50,000 in TKO stock, the parent company of UFC, raising conflict-of-interest concerns as the Pentagon recruits hundreds of service members to fill the bleachers.
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