Former United States President Donald Trump is a blended martial arts fanatic, in keeping with UFC president Dana White.
Through the UFC 287 post-fight press convention, White revealed Trump’s familiarity with the UFC product.
“So this man calls me twice a month and can speak to me for an hour about fights which have occurred since we final talked,” White stated. “And he is aware of everyone. He is aware of what they did and who they fought final. He’s an enormous struggle fan, loves these items.”
When requested who Trump’s favourite fighters had been, White revealed that it was Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington, who’ve each been outspoken about their affiliation with the forty fifth President of the USA.
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Trump, who was in attendance this previous Saturday at UFC 287, has a longtime reference to the promotion that dates again to UFC 31.
The occasion was held on the Trump Taj Mahal, now renamed the Onerous Rock Resort & On line casino in Atlantic Metropolis, New Jersey, in Might 2001.
White, who turned UFC president the identical 12 months, credit Trump for his early involvement with the corporate.
“Donald Trump has been such an excellent buddy to me for the reason that day I met him. Once we purchased this firm, [it] had such a nasty stigma connected to it in sport that we couldn’t even get into venues,” White instructed Fox Information’ Tucker Carlson final September. “Donald Trump noticed this factor might probably be massive and he supplied us to return, do the occasion on the Trump Taj Mahal, minimize us a very reasonable deal. We went down there and we did the 2 occasions with him. He confirmed up for the primary struggle, stayed ‘until the final struggle.”
Trump, who was joined by White, Child Rock and Mike Tyson, watched all of the fast-paced motion cageside at UFC 287 in Miami, Florida.
