UFC president Dana White slammed traditional media in comments after UFC 309 on Saturday night, branding mainstream media “dead” and untrustworthy.
“For the past five years, I've believed that traditional media is dead and that it's not as influential as it used to be,” White was quoted as saying. Mixed martial arts. “The most hated people in this world are the media and politicians. No one trusts them. No one believes them.
“The real influencers right now are the kids on the internet. They're called influencers. So I've been building relationships with people like that for the last four or five years. And this election was won on the internet.
“The way the power slap was built was how we won this election. The Hispanic vote, the black male vote, the youth vote were incredibly strong.”
Trump has regularly attended UFC events for years. But on Saturday night, he was joined by several top Republicans and Cabinet appointees, including Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana).
After UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic by TKO in the third round, Jones performed the “Trump dance” and praised the president-elect.
“I also want to sincerely thank President Donald Trump for being here tonight,” Jones said after his victory.
After leading the crowd in chants of “USA!”, United States of America! united states of america! “I'm proud to be a great American champion. I'm proud to be a Christian American champion,” Jones said.
