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Dana White at the 2026 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner held at the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty Images) | Variety via Getty Images
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss had quite the night.
UFC CEO Dana White was among the high-profile attendees at the White House Correspondentsâ Dinner on Saturday night (April 25, 2026) when a sudden shooting scare sent the event into chaos â and, in typical Dana fashion, he didnât exactly panic.
Speaking to USA Today, White described the moment armed agents stormed the venue, prompting guests to dive for cover.
âIt just started getting noisy,â White said. âTables getting flipped over, guys running in with guns and they were screaming âGet down.â I didnât get down. It was fâking awesome. I literally took every minute of it in, and it was a pretty crazy, unique experience.â
White added that his table was positioned near the front of the room â close to where Donald Trump was seated â which only heightened the intensity.
âWe were sitting right in front of the table, right in front of where the president was,â he continued. âNobody got tackled, but guys came in looking for shooters, and they came toward our table. I thought the shooter was over by us or something.â
For someone whoâs spent decades cageside watching violence unfold, White seemed more fascinated than frightened.
According to President Trump, a Secret Service agent was shot at close range but saved by a bulletproof vest. The suspect â identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, Calif. â has since been taken into custody.
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A shooting scare occurred, prompting a chaotic evacuation as armed agents responded to the situation.
Dana White described the moment as 'awesome' and did not panic, highlighting the Secret Service's swift response.
Former President Donald Trump and other high-profile attendees were also evacuated safely during the incident.

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