Former President Donald Trump arrived to “thunderous applause” from the crowd at UFC 302 in Newark, New Jersey, days after the guilty verdict.
Trump saw He walked to his seat with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) president Dana White and stopped to shake hands with some in the crowd and receive a standing ovation from the crowd.
Trump’s appearance at UFC 302 Match The trial of Islam Makhachev and Dustin Poirier at the Prudential Center came after a Manhattan jury convicted Makhachev on 34 counts of first-degree falsifying business records related to payments made to adult entertainment star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election.
President Donald Trump is in the building! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸#UFC302 | Live on TNT Sports & Discovery+ pic.twitter.com/5GxqLnWbzI
— UFC on TNT Sports (@ufcontnt) June 2, 2024
Zach Gelb, host of the sports radio talk show “The Zach Gelb Show,” video In X, people around the packed arena are shown cheering as Trump leaves.
Donald Trump walks into the Prudential Center to watch UFC 302. pic.twitter.com/hL57HBpTff
— Zach Gelb (@ZachGelb) June 2, 2024
Joe Rogan, podcaster and UFC commentator Commented Trump said the “ovation” he received from the crowd was “amazing.”
Joe Rogan commented during Donald Trump’s entrance. #ufc302 New Jersey 🔥
“The applause he’s getting right now is pretty amazing.”pic.twitter.com/x3XiMAyL89
—Andrew Surabean (@Surabees) June 2, 2024
“Donald Trump makes huge ovation entrance at UFC 302,” one person wrote. post “When Trump competed in the lightweight championship bout in New Jersey, the crowd went wild. Trump loves UFC and UFC fans love Trump.”
Donald Trump enters UFC 302 to thunderous applause.
This guy showed up to the New Jersey lightweight championship bout and the crowd went wild.
Trump loves UFC and UFC fans love Trump. pic.twitter.com/YLDZWEl4nd
— Malcolm FleX (@Malcolm_fleX48) June 2, 2024
Video footage of the event showed a crowd of people. Chant“Fuck Joe Biden,” Trump shouted after receiving a standing ovation from the crowd.
I heard the crowd Chant“We love Trump,” he said during the fight.
Former US President Donald Trump attends UFC 302 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on June 1, 2024. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)
The moment Donald Trump took his seat at tonight’s UFC fight in Newark, the crowd spontaneously began chanting “Fuck Joe Biden.” pic.twitter.com/8Op4hx7pUz
— Shawn McCreesh (@ShawnMcCreesh) June 2, 2024
The unanimous applause Trump received from the crowd came while he was attending an event in the heavily Democratic state of New Jersey.
More than 100,000 people were reported to have attended a Trump rally in the seaside town of Wildwood, New Jersey, in earlier May.
Poll conducted by Emerson College Poll/PIX11/the hill A March poll found Trump trailing President Joe Biden by single digits in New Jersey, with 46% of those surveyed saying they would vote for Biden and 39% saying they would vote for Trump.
“I’m going to be campaigning heavily in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, New Mexico and Minnesota, a state I haven’t won in years,” Trump said in a January interview with Breitbart News.
