UFC's White House debut is shaping up to be historic in more ways than one. Fighter Ilia Topuria shoved competitor Justin Gaethje at the Lincoln Memorial during a pre-fight news conference, according to BBC Sport. It's typical fight-promotion theater, but the monument setting adds an oddly formal backdrop to cage-fighting hype.

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