Donald Trump will be joined by Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr and Kash Patel as he jets in to Miami to sit cageside at UFC 314 tonight.
The president is set to make his high-profile return to the octagon to support his friend Dana White, after his last trip made headlines around the world.
Trump attended UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in November, when multiple fighters did the ‘Trump Dance’ and champion Jon Jones even stepped out of the cage to give the president his winning belt after the main event.
On Saturday night, Trump is due to leave Mar-a-Lago at 7:35pm for a short flight into Miami International Airport.
He is set to arrive at Miami’s Kaseya Center to take his seats shortly before 9pm, before spending two hours taking in the action alongside a high-profile trio of his White House associates.
It was reported earlier on Saturday that FBI Director Patel, Director of National Intelligence Gabbard and Secretary of Health Kennedy Jr will all be by the president’s side as he takes in the action.
Donald Trump sat alongside Elon Musk the last time he attended a UFC event, in November
Joe Rogan jumps out of his seat to greet Donald Trump upon his arrival at UFC 309 at MSG
Kennedy Jr and Gabbard were both sitting behind the president at MSG back in November, while Elon Musk was given the front-row seat alongside Trump. Musk is not expected to attend on Saturday in Miami.
In the main fight of the evening, Australian Alexander Volkanovski is set to take on Brazil’s Diego Lopes in the featherweight title fight.
It is the penultimate fight the president will perhaps be most interested in though, with staunch Trump supporter Michael Chandler taking on England’s Paddy Pimblett.
Chandler backed the MAGA movement throughout the election cycle and this week reiterated his fandom of the Commander-in-Chief.
‘You’re talking about a couple months of a presidency,’ Chandler told Sporting News when asked to reflect on the tariff and trade war Trump has been waging.
‘I get it, there’s been a lot of crazy changes but it’s not really changes in the sense that we’re changing the fabric of the country.
Tulsi Gabbard was alongside the president in November and will be there again in Miami
Robert F. Kennedy Jr (center) also attended the last UFC event after Trump’s election victory
‘We’re actually getting back to the way this country was founded, on accountability, on sovereignty, on American exceptionalism, on loving our country and loving our neighbor.
‘It’s going to make some waves, it’s going to crash the stock market a little bit for a moment, just like a thousand times in the past and we’ll see.
‘All I know is, the future looks bright and we’ve got to let things play out.’
The last time Trump attended a UFC event, he was given a walk-on similar to the fighters themselves, flanked by UFC chief White and Elon Musk, much to the delight of the fans in attendance.
Trump shook hands with fighter Jon Jones at UFC 309 and made headlines around the world
Last time, many attendees wore Trump hats and even waved flags bearing his likeness
UFC 314 is just the latest in a string of sporting events the president has attended since taking office.
He jumped on Air Force One to attend the Super Bowl back in February, went to the Daytona 500 shortly after, and more recently was in the crowd at the NCAA men’s wrestling championships in Philadelphia.
Speaking to CNN on Saturday, White House communications director Steven Cheung said of Trump’s UFC visit: ‘President Trump and the UFC are cultural icons. He is a fan of the sport and the elite competitive spirit of all the athletes who step into the Octagon.
‘He’ll be sitting cageside, like he always does, and the crowd will erupt in applause as he makes his signature walkout.’
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