{"id":294986,"date":"2023-11-12T05:24:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T05:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=294986"},"modified":"2023-11-12T05:24:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T05:24:27","slug":"donald-trump-heads-to-msg-to-watch-ufc-295","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/mma\/donald-trump-heads-to-msg-to-watch-ufc-295\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump heads to MSG to watch UFC 295"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Donald Trump heads to MSG to watch UFC 295: Former president joined by Tucker Carlson and Kid Rock in New York as Jiri Prochazka and Alex Pereira battle for light-heavyweight title<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UFC 295 LIVE: Follow all the action at Madison Square Garden with Mail Sport\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Former president Donald Trump was among the crowd in New York on Saturday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Madison Square Garden erupted on Saturday night when\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0entered the arena to watch\u00a0UFC 295 in the Big Apple.<\/p>\n<p>The former president was<span>\u00a0flanked by UFC chief\u00a0<\/span>Dana White, singer Kid Rock,<span>\u00a0and political commentator Tucker Carlson as he made his entrance after the preliminary bouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Trump was spotted talking to singer Kid Rock near the Octagon, while comedian and actor Bill Burr was also in the crowd alongside actor\/musician Jared Leto and UFC royalty including\u00a0Justin Gaethje and\u00a0Dustin Poirier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump, dressed in his signature dark blue suit and red tie, shook hands with White before taking his cage-side seat.<\/p>\n<p>He was given a huge ovation and the crowd followed up with chants of &#8216;USA&#8217; before the promo for the UFC&#8217;s 30th anniversary event was played.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/03\/77697439-12739271-image-m-28_1699760456533.jpg\" height=\"426\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump was among the crowd at Madison Square Garden for UFC 295 on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/03\/77697023-12739271-The_former_president_was_flanked_by_UFC_chief_Dana_White_and_Tuc-a-26_1699760324202.jpg\" height=\"382\" width=\"632\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The former president was flanked by UFC chief Dana White and Tucker Carlson in New York<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/03\/77697441-12739271-image-a-30_1699760481406.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trump was spotted talking to singer Kid Rock near the Octagon at Madison Square Garden<\/p>\n<p>The Garden went beserk again a few minutes later when the 45th president appeared on the big screen inside the arena.<\/p>\n<p>Jiri Prochazka&#8217;s fight with Alex Pereira for the vacant light-heavyweight title topped the bill in New York on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has been in the crowd at UFC events in previous years and there had been speculation all week that he would be at the Garden on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd got their wish shortly before the start of the main card as Trump made a grand entrance which raised the volume inside &#8216;The World&#8217;s Most Famous Arena&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But the former president is currently embroiled in a number of legal battles,\u00a0<span>including a\u00a0civil fraud trial in New York and\u00a0<\/span><span>four criminal indictments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Two relate to his alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, while one relates to his handling of classified documents and another involving accusations of false accounting involving hush money.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump was even on the stand earlier this week as part of the civil fraud trial in New York.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/03\/77697067-12739271-image-a-23_1699758852355.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The crowd erupted as Trump entered the arena after the preliminary bouts on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/03\/77697431-12739271-image-a-31_1699760533290.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The 77-year-old was dressed in his trademark navy blue suit and red tie on Saturday night<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/04\/77697875-12739271-image-m-141_1699762529028.jpg\" height=\"556\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/04\/77697871-12739271-image-m-143_1699762543028.jpg\" height=\"556\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Comedian Bill Burr (L) and actor\/musician Jared Leto (R) were also seen at the fight as well<\/p>\n<p>Trump entered the garden just before the featherweight bout between Diego Lopes and Pat Sabatini.<\/p>\n<p>Lopes ended up winning that fight with a knockout in the first round at the 1:30 mark.<\/p>\n<p>The following fight ended in a similar manner just one second later &#8211; when Benoit Saint-Denis delivered a head kick and punches to competitor Matt Frevola in their lightweight contest.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/mma\/article-12739271\/Donald-Trump-heads-MSG-watch-UFC-295-Former-president-crowd-New-York-Jiri-Prochazka-amd-Alex-Pereira-battle-light-heavyweight-title.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div 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