The White House hosted the UFC Freedom 250 event on its South Lawn earlier this month in celebration of the United States’ 250th birthday this summer. Podcaster Joe Rogan, who commentated the event, which consisted of seven separate fights, had high praise for it afterwards.
“That was the wildest experience that I’ve ever had in my 20-whatever years of calling combat sports. There’s nothing even close,” he said on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience.
On Tuesday, United States President Donald Trump held a public address in Macungie, PA, and Bo Nickal, who fought and defeated Kyle Daukaus in the event, was in attendance. Shockingly, the President let the crowd know that he’d take himself in the octagon over Nickal.
” We have a very special guy who you just saw on the highest-rated fight show ever in the history of television, the UFC Freedom 250,” Trump told the crowd.
Trump on UFC Fighter Bo Nickal: I’m a similar size. I weigh more than he does actually. So therefore I have a tremendous physical advantage. His muscles are slightly harder and slightly younger but I think I can do it because I’m a great athlete. He knows I’m a very good golfer. pic.twitter.com/OiEvHhvmEn
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“I’m a similar size. I weigh more than he does actually. So therefore I have a tremendous physical advantage. His muscles are slightly harder and slightly younger. He’s a lot younger, but I think I can do it because I’m a great athlete. He knows I’m a very good golfer.”
“No women, which is nice.”
As bizarre as that claim was, just as outrageous was the assertion that the UFC had no female competitors.
“These are the strongest, toughest men on Earth. No women, which is nice. You guys got the big, strong muscles,” the President said.
The reality, of course, is that there are plenty of world-famous female fighters in the UFC, such as Ronda Rousey and Amanda Nunes, and that Trump has almost no shot whatsoever of defeating any UFC fighter in the octagon, male or female.
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Qwame Skinner has loved both writing and sports his entire life. In addition to his sports coverage at Comeback Media, Qwame writes novels, and his debut; The First Casualty, an adult fantasy, is out now.