Jelly Roll: White House UFC fight plans 'awesome'

Jason DeFord, the country singer known as Jelly Roll, was hyped up about President Trump's proposal for the White House to host an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on the South Lawn, saying earlier this week that it would be "awesome."

“Now, listen, I know this is causing a little bit of controversy, but for me, I think it's awesome. I'm not gonna lie," the "Save Me" singer said Thursday while guest hosting ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

“Where I’m from, watching two meth heads beat the p--- out of each other on a lawn is just a part of our year,” he added. “I tell you what, a UFC fight at the White House might not be what our Founding Fathers would have wanted. But our founding stepdads would have loved that s---."

Jelly Roll, who made waves last year after testifying on Capitol Hill about the fentanyl crisis, then joked that the U.S. should add an octagon to the Pentagon and allow geometry teachers to "fight it out."

Trump, who has attended his fair share of UFC fights over the years, first floated the idea of hosting a "championship fight" at the White House earlier this month during a trip to Iowa.

The event will be part of the celebrations for the nation's 250th anniversary next year, which is also expected to include a youth sporting event dubbed the "Patriot Games," according to the president.

“We’re going to have a UFC fight, think of this, on the grounds of the White House. We have a lot of land there. We’re going to build a little — we’re not, Dana’s going to do it," he said, referring to UFC CEO Dana White. "Dana’s great. One of a kind."

White has also shared his enthusiasm for the fight, claiming "everybody" wants to add their name to the list of fighters.

"I mean, you don’t even have to know who’s blowing up my phone,” White said Sunday during a post-fight press conference at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. “You can just see it all on the Internet.”

“But, you know, the fight’s a year away, so the landscape will change a lot over the next year,” he added. 

Trump suggested the event, which will likely require various permits, could host up to 25,000 people.