Former UFC light-weight world champion Khabib Nurmagomedov shared a phrase with Ol’ 45 on Saturday night time.
Simply earlier than the promotion’s newest pay-per-view providing in Newark, New Jersey was set to get underway, Donald Trump made his presence felt, receiving his personal walkout alongside CEO Dana White to the tune of his formally unofficial entrance track, American Badass.
Fighters virtually tripped over themselves all through the night time to share a handshake with Trump, together with Corridor of Famer Khabib Nurmagomedov. A clip of the pair’s temporary interplay hit social media, revealing a relatively fascinating dialog between the 2.
“I do know you’ll cease the struggle in Palestine,” Nurmagomedov mentioned, prompting Trump to reply with, “We are going to cease it. I’ll cease the struggle.”
Maybe Mr. Trump can tell us how he plans to try this when he goes head-to-head with present President Joe Biden in a debate scheduled for Thursday, June 27 in Atlanta.
UFC 302 was Trump’s first public look since being discovered responsible on 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise information stemming from a hush cash cost made to porn star Stormy Daniels throughout his 2016 presidential marketing campaign.
He will probably be sentenced for his crimes on July 11 — simply days earlier than the Republican social gathering is anticipated to choose him as their 2024 nominee.
UFC 302 delivers just a few huge wins and one gnarly damage
Apart from Trump’s presence hanging over the occasion like a darkish cloud, the UFC’s newest providing delivered some entertaining motion. In the primary occasion of the night, Islam Makhachev efficiently defended his 155-pound crown, dispatching Dustin Poirier within the fifth spherical by way of submission.
Elsewhere, Sean Strickland scored a reasonably dominant victory over Paulo Costa and Kevin Holland collected Michał Oleksiejczuk’s arm in one of many gnarliest moments of the night time.
