President-elect Donald Trump made a triumphant return to Madison Square Garden for UFC 309 on Saturday night, days after his landslide victory.
President Trump has chosen UFC President Dana White, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Los Angeles), Kid Rock, and his picks for Secretary of Health and Human Services. , Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Joe Rogan, the UFC's fight commentator and number one podcaster, commented on how loud the arena was at Trump's entrance.
“It's always loud when he comes in, but now he's won and he's president again, so oh my god,” Logan said.
Mr. Trump approached Mr. Rogan, fellow commentator Jon Anik, former heavyweight champion and U.S. Olympian Daniel Cormier, and they exchanged handshakes and hugs.
Margot Martin, deputy director of communications for the Trump 2024 campaign, tweeted an image of President Trump and President Kennedy watching preliminary battles early in the evening aboard Trump Force One bound for New York.
“Get there right away!” she wrote.
President Trump hinted during a widely watched television appearance that he would attend UFC 309, which will feature a heavyweight championship bout between champion Jon Bones Jones and former champion Stipe Miocic. joe rogan experience For the election.
President Trump praised middleweight Bo Niccal and was pleased to hear from Logan that Niccal was scheduled to fight on the main card.
President Trump asked, “When will he fight again?”
“He's scheduled to fight at Madison Square Garden in November,” Logan replied.
“Oh, it's going to be interesting. After the election,” Trump joked, “so I'm either going to be president or I'm going to be depressed. So I'm not going to bother going.”
Logan burst into laughter as he called the fight Saturday night.
white said TMZ reported this week that Trump and UFC legend Conor McGregor are the biggest draw among those attending a UFC fight.
“If you think about fighter strikes, every time a fighter walks out onto the field, [Octagon] So the two big guys that are really shaking up the arena are President Trump and Conor McGregor, two of the biggest brawlers of all time,” he said.
President Trump will return to the park for the second time in less than a month, having held a historic rally there on October 27 in the final stages of his campaign. President Trump sold out the venue in less than three hours.
