Former United States President Donald Trump has had a ton going on in his personal life recently, most notably being indicted by a New York court earlier this week. However, it seems like he took some time to make a public appearance at UFC 287 on Saturday night.
Trump was seen earlier on Saturday enjoying a round of golf at his course in Miami. UFC 287 is also taking place in Miami at the Kaseya Center, and Trump made the trip to enjoy the night of fights.
The 45th President was seen sitting alongside UFC President Dana White, Kid Rock, and Mike Tyson sitting cage side enjoying the night of fights.
Mike Tyson, Kid Rock, Donald Trump and Dana White at UFC 287 😂 pic.twitter.com/iyRVMbNKMg
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) April 9, 2023
Fans in attendance took notice of his appearance, chanting USA as he walked to his cage side seat.
Massive crowd at UFC Miami chants “U-S-A” after Trump greets crowd 🇺🇸
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 9, 2023
One fighter in particular appeared to notice Trump’s presence in the arena. UFC welterweight Kevin Holland got an impressive TKO victory over Santiago Ponzinibbio and jumped the cage to talk to both Dana White and Trump cage side afterward.
BIG MOUTH'S BAAAAACK 🗣@Trailblaze2Top gets back in the win column with the KO in Round 3! #UFC287 pic.twitter.com/Enqy4bEalK
— UFC (@ufc) April 9, 2023
Trump is obviously as polarizing a personality as it gets, which led to a number of different reactions from the sports world on his appearance Saturday night.
Big ups @Trailblaze2top 🙌🏾 Ask Trump lemme get a penthouse at Trump Towers fambo. You can use it once a year.
— Rampage Jackson (@Rampage4real) April 9, 2023
I can only imagine the stories trump and Tyson got lol
— Simoni Lawrence (@Simoni_Lawrence) April 9, 2023
Why is trump there ? Ain’t he got court 😅
— Dont Jealous Me (@dontjealousme) April 9, 2023
Donald Trump, Kid Rock and Mike Tyson… what a trio!!!
— Duke Manyweather (@BigDuke50) April 9, 2023
What do you guys think Tyson and Trump are chatting about?
— Funky (@Benaskren) April 9, 2023
Trump and Dana White have long been known to be very close friends, so it isn’t exactly shocking to see him in attendance.
He is also probably there to support UFC welterweight Jorge Masvidal, who is a supporter of his who he met at the Mar-A-Lago Hotel earlier this week. Masvidal is slated to fight fellow ranked welterweight contender Gilbert Burns in the co-main event.
