Cerrone trains with Army parachute team to skydive into UFC White House event

Donald Cerrone is preparing to drop in — literally — to the UFC White House event, training with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team in hopes of skydiving onto the grounds as his entrance.

Cerrone (36-17), who says he has completed more than 50 solo jumps throughout his life, is currently taking formal lessons with the Golden Knights to prepare for the stunt. The UFC Hall of Famer told The Schmo that UFC president Dana White and Hunter Campbell have already signed off on the plan.

“Parking’s gonna be a bitch,” Cerrone said. “So I’m coming in on a chute… I think that’s a grand old entrance for Trump’s birthday and Freedom 250, so why the hell not?… [Dana White and Hunter Campbell] are my guys, that’s easy. They are gonna approve, it’s easy. They already approved, it’s done.”

Cerrone is not alone in his skydiving preparations. Former UFC women’s strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk (16-5) has joined him in training and has separately appealed to White to allow her to participate in the jump alongside Cerrone. Both fighters retired in 2022, with their respective farewells coming just a month apart.

Whether Jedrzejczyk ultimately receives clearance to join the skydive remains to be seen, but Cerrone appears fully committed to making the White House arrival one of the more unconventional entrances in UFC history.