A week after he made an appearance beside the octagon at Madison Square Garden, new video has been released showing the day the President-elect Donald Trump had leading up to UFC 309.
The video, released on the Twitter account of the Trump campaign’s deputy communications director, Margo Martin, showed the lengthy day that the former and future President had last Saturday.
Trump left his mansion, Mar-a-Lago, sometime in the afternoon – along with House Speaker Mike Johnson – boarding ‘Trump Force One’ bound for New York.
Along the way, he sat next to HHS Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr before touching down in the Northeast.
Trump and his entourage made their way to the Garden before bumping into UFC president Dana White.
Backstage, Trump took pictures alongside Kennedy and Tesla CEO Elon Musk before making his way out onto the floor of the arena.
The President-elect sat right next to the octagon to watch the festivities unfold in the main card – which featured fights from the likes of Trump supporter Bo Nickal and Charles Oliveira.
Trump also was present for the main event of the night as Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic in the third round of their bout to retain the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
After knocking out Miocic, Jones did the ‘Trump dance’ in the octagon. Once it was announced that he’d retained his championship, Jones handed Trump his heavyweight belt to inspect.
Once the night was over, cameras captured a crowd of fans waiting outside MSG to greet the President-elect before he made his way back to the airplane – picking up McDonalds along the way for the journey back.
Trump is no stranger to the UFC having attended multiple fights and even hosting many events in the MMA circuit’s early history at his hotels in Atlantic City.
He attended the event about a week-and-a-half after his decisive election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this month.
