UFC CEO Dana White and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are signing a memorandum of understanding on sports diplomacy on Thursday.

The pair is expected to sign the agreement at 2:00 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The memorandum will mark “a new public-private partnership to enhance sports diplomacy initiatives and collaborate on the global growth of mixed martial arts,” according to the State Department.

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The development comes just days before UFC holds its first-ever fight at the White House, as a celebratory event marking the United States’s 250th birthday.