President-elect Donald Trump made a triumphant return to Madison Sq. Backyard Saturday evening, days faraway from his landslide victory, for UFC 309.
Trump walked out to Child Rock’s “American Badass” with a star-studded entourage, together with UFC President Dana White, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Child Rock, and his decide for Division of Well being and Human Providers Secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr.
UFC battle commentator and primary podcaster Joe Rogan commented about how loud the world acquired for Trump’s entrance.
“It’s at all times loud when he is available in, however now that he’s gained, now that he’s the president once more, oh my God,” Rogan mentioned.
Trump went over to Rogan and his fellow commentators, John Anik and former Heavyweight Champion and U.S. Olympian Daniel Cormier, and shared handshakes and hugs.
Margot Martin, the Deputy Communications Director for the Trump 2024 marketing campaign, tweeted a picture of Trump and Kennedy watching the preliminary fights earlier within the night whereas aboard Trump Power One en path to New York Metropolis.
“Be there quickly!” she wrote.
Trump steered he would attend UFC 309, headlined by the Heavyweight Championship battle between champion Jon Bones Jones and former champion Stipe Miocic, throughout his broadly watched look on the Joe Rogan Expertise within the lead-up to the election.
Trump praised middleweight Bo Nickal and was delighted to listen to from Rogan that Nickal is ready to battle on the principle card.
“When is he combating once more,” Trump requested.
“He’s combating in Madison Sq. Backyard in November,” Rogan responded.
“Oh, that’s going to be an fascinating – after the election,” Trump mentioned, joking, “So I’ll both go as president or I’ll be depressed, and I gained’t trouble going.”
Rogan, who is looking the fights Saturday evening, set free an enormous chuckle.
White informed TMZ this week that Trump and UFC legend Conor McGregor have drawn the loudest responses from the crown of anyone to stroll right into a UFC battle.
“When you consider fighter walkouts, each time a fighter walks out to the [Octagon] — I imply, the 2 largest that truly shake the world are President Trump and Conor McGregor, two of the largest battle walkouts ever,” he mentioned.
Trump returns to the Backyard for the second time in lower than a month after having a historic rally there on October 27 within the ultimate stretch of his marketing campaign. Trump offered the venue out in lower than three hours.
