Severe weather has disrupted the UFC’s planned press conference at the Lincoln Memorial ahead of its White House show.It is the one thing that UFC CEO Dana White has said could affect fight night on the South Lawn of the White House this weekend.Ilia Topuria is set to defend his UFC lightweight title against Justin Gaethje in the main event of the White House card on SundayGettyWhite, who has previously been openly against hosting outdoor events, even suggested in the build-up to his promotion’s historic card that bugs could also be an issue around the arena.On Friday, fans, most of whom had already gathered hours before, were told to delay their arrival at the Lincoln Memorial.Chants of ‘F*** you Dana’ echoed around the space when those already in attendance were told the press conference had been delayed.UFC White House press conference latestThe UFC White House press conference was scheduled to begin at 1.15am GMT on Saturday (8.15pm ET, Friday), until the promotion revealed it had been pushed back 45 minutes.A statement from the UFC read: “Due to inclement weather, UFC White House press conference has moved to 9pm ET.“We advise all attendees to arrive no earlier than 8.30pm ET. Please check weather conditions before travelling.”The press conference is now expected to begin at 2am GMT (9pm ET).However, MMA Fighting have reported that it has been pushed back further to 3am GMT (10pm ET).Members of the media were transported back to the JW Marriott hotel, awaiting confirmation on whether the press conference will still take place at the Lincoln Memorial.The UFC’s plan to deal with bad weatherSpeaking at the UFC White House media day this week, the promotion’s chief content officer, Craig Borsari, explained how his team plans to tackle difficulties with rainy weather.View Tweet: https://t.co/gn0o1vXmIi“We have a few options,” Borsari said.“One is to stay on air and we do have contingency planning where we can remain and continue to broadcast from a location close by the South Lawn, and if we feel like a weather pattern’s coming in that will pass through and we can resume, we will.“So we would not leave the broadcast, we would just fill and report from site.“It’s a bit of an evaluation, so when we’re going through that, we’ll be talking regularly to a meteorologist, who is right now on site giving us updates.“We’ll figure out what this window looks like? Do we have the ability to resume, or what is the extent of the weather front that’s coming through?”Borsari added that the UFC will ‘try to push forward’ through light to moderate rain on fight night, provided there’s no lightning in sight.UFC ScheduleFor all the upcoming fights and results this year, check out talkSPORT.com’s UFC schedule.Current weather forecasts for Washington DC suggest excessive heat with thundery showers and light winds across the weekend.BREAKING NEWS… more to follow