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How the UFC Built ‘The Claw’ For Staging Freedom 250 White House Fights

‘The Claw,’ an 85-foot-tall metal structure above the Octagon that will host Freedom 250 on White House grounds tonight, was created by Stageco, a Belgian event staging company. It was made abroad and shipped to TAIT Towers in Pennsylvania for assembly. “Building in an empty parking lot certainly caught the attention of the neighborhood,” UFC executive producer Craig Borsari said.