WASHINGTON (AP) — It looks from afar more UFO than UFC.
Maybe it's the kind of contraption that has carried space aliens to the White House to force a meeting with America's leader.
But come closer and you'll see the contours of the eight-sided cage, 30 feet (9 meters) in diameter and shaped, with careful precision, like the MMA league's signature Octagon.
That is, a STOP! sign flipped on its edge, with wire-mesh sides and padded corners fitted with different sponsors' logos: Morgan & Morgan, Bud Light, Dodge Ram and Polymarket, which identifies itself as the world’s largest prediction market.