Maxx Crosby plans to attend America 250 UFC fight, talks White House, Fernando Mendoza, Tom Brady and Olympics

Las Vegas Raiders prima Maxx Crosby told Fox News Digital helium plans connected attending the UFC combat astatine the White House connected June 14 to observe America's 250th anniversary.

"I've ne'er been to the White House," Crosby said. "I'm excited, I similar history...

"It's unthinkable that we each person an accidental to observe our state and conscionable beryllium portion of a historical event... we unrecorded successful the top state successful the satellite and it should beryllium celebrated."

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Maxx Crosby of the Las Vegas Raiders walks connected the sideline earlier a crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas, Nev., connected Dec. 7, 2025. (Chris Unger/Getty Images)

For Crosby, arsenic a highly palmy NFL star, the solemnisation represents an accidental to admit the freedoms and opportunities helium appreciates astir arsenic an American.

"You person an accidental each time to pursuit your passion," Crosby said. "Everyone comes from antithetic backgrounds, but successful this state you person a prime each time to pursuit what you emotion and what you aspire to do. People don't accidental the American Dream for nary reason. It's the top state due to the fact that it's opportunity. It's a onshore of opportunity."

Crosby besides revealed who he's rooting for astatine the event.

"I deliberation everyone knows however overmuch I emotion Justin Gaethje," Crosby said. "Justin Gaethje is 1 of the top fighters to ever bash it, and he's an implicit legend. He's besides a large friend, truthful I'll decidedly beryllium biased for him. I privation to spot him spell to the White House and bash his happening for sure."

The fight, slated for the South Lawn, came astir aft Donald Trump casually leaned implicit to Dana White during a unrecorded UFC lucifer and suggested they "do a combat astatine the White House". White instantly agreed, and logistics were acceptable successful question days later.

"Dana White is similar household to me. He ever does it big, and helium ever does it the biggest and champion way. He's ever going to enactment connected an unthinkable show," Crosby said.

"I’ve met Trump a mates times, and he’s been unthinkable to me," Crosby aboriginal added. "I cognize Dana [White] thinks thing but the satellite of him and has a batch of respect for him. But you cognize we’ve met a mates times, and he’s ever been large to me. So, going to the White House, and being there, is going to beryllium a batch of amusive for sure."

Playing emblem shot for Team USA astatine the 2028 LA Olympics

Crosby besides said helium would invited the accidental to correspond the United States successful emblem shot erstwhile the athletics makes its Olympic debut astatine the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

"Oh, nary doubt," Crosby said erstwhile asked whether helium would see playing. "I deliberation it'd beryllium incredible."

While Crosby noted that his household has roots successful the Balkans, helium made wide wherever his allegiance would prevarication if fixed the accidental to vie connected the planetary stage.

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Las Vegas Raiders antiaircraft extremity Maxx Crosby stands connected the tract aft a nonaccomplishment to the Philadelphia Eagles astatine Lincoln Financial Field successful Philadelphia, Pa., connected Dec. 14, 2025. (Eric Hartline/Imagn Images)

"My mom's side, I've got a Yugoslavian background, truthful I've got immoderate Serbian and Albanian successful maine implicit there," Crosby said. "I'm definite they'd springiness maine a telephone arsenic well, truthful it'd beryllium an absorbing decision."

Still, the Raiders prima said his bosom remains with the state wherever helium was calved and raised.

"Everyone knows my heart's here," Crosby said. "This is the state I've been raised in, calved and raised, truthful yeah, it would decidedly beryllium special."

Crosby was besides asked whether helium would effort to enlistee Raiders number proprietor Tom Brady to play backmost for Team USA if helium joined the Olympic squad.

"I don't deliberation helium would bash that," Crosby said with a laugh. "I deliberation he's retired and there's a batch of large quarterbacks close now. But I wouldn't beryllium huffy astatine Tom Brady coming back. It's a large time."

Getting Fernando Mendoza acceptable for the NFL

Crosby besides had precocious praise for backmost Fernando Mendoza, who is adjusting to beingness astatine the NFL level aft a palmy assemblage career.

"He's a young feline and he's coming successful disconnected an unthinkable play and an unthinkable assemblage career," Crosby said. "But erstwhile you get to the NFL, you've got to commencement from quadrate one."

The seasoned antiaircraft extremity said Mendoza has impressed him with his willingness to larn and acceptable into the locker room.

"I deliberation he's done an unthinkable occupation of conscionable being 1 of the guys, being humble, being a sponge, conscionable learning from everybody and asking questions," Crosby said.

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Las Vegas Raiders backmost Fernando Mendoza warms up during a rookie minicamp astatine Intermountain Health Performance Center successful Henderson, Nev., connected May 2, 2026. (Candice Ward/Imagn Images)

But Crosby won't beryllium taking it casual connected the fresh-faced rookie successful practice.

"There's nary taking it easy," Crosby said with a laugh. "We play this crippled 1 way, and I'm going to spell retired determination and bash what I do. It's going to assistance him successful the agelong tally and making him better. I privation to propulsion each my teammates. That's however teams amended — by pushing each different and making each different amended connected a regular basis."

While galore young quarterbacks are instantly compared to established NFL stars, Crosby said Mendoza should beryllium fixed the accidental to carve retired his ain identity.

"A batch of times radical effort to marque comparisons," Crosby said. "People conscionable request to let Fernando to beryllium Fernando. I deliberation he's going to beryllium a truly peculiar player."

Playing for Tom Brady

Crosby besides spoke astir the unsocial accidental to play for an enactment that includes NFL fable Tom Brady arsenic a number owner.

"Tom has had 1 of the top careers, if not the top career, of anybody," Crosby said. "He's an unthinkable subordinate and won astatine the highest level."

Tom Brady looks connected earlier the crippled betwixt the Los Angeles Chargers and the Washington Commanders astatine SoFi Stadium connected Oct. 5, 2025. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Imagn Images)

While Brady isn't progressive successful the day-to-day operations of the franchise, Crosby said having idiosyncratic with his acquisition astir the enactment is simply a invaluable resource.

"Anybody you get astir an enactment that has done it astatine that level, I deliberation is simply a positive," Crosby said. "He's not determination each the time, but helium is simply a assets for radical successful that building. I deliberation his winning mindset is lone a plus."

Crosby lone played Brady erstwhile earlier Brady retired.

"I privation we could person had a mates much swings astatine it," Crosby said.

A large partnership

Crosby's quality with Fox News Digital came arsenic portion of a concern with SAXX Underwear, a marque helium said instantly caught his attraction for much than 1 reason.

"Obviously, everyone knows I marque a surviving sacking quarterbacks, truthful the sanction unsocial drew maine in," Crosby joked. "The treble X was a bonus, too."

But beyond the name, Crosby said helium became a instrumentality of the merchandise itself. Crosby said the merchandise has go portion of his mundane routine.

"I virtually deterioration it each azygous day," Crosby said. "I deterioration it during workouts, I deterioration it astir the house, I virtually deterioration it everyplace I go."

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Still, portion Crosby wears it to workouts, helium won't beryllium wearing it during games.

"It's not NFL certified yet," helium said. "But I deterioration it to the games, for sure."