{"id":1967896,"date":"2023-07-09T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crowd-goes-wild-as-trump-arrives-at-ufc-fight-even-the-announcers-are-stunned\/"},"modified":"2023-07-09T13:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T17:01:11","slug":"crowd-goes-wild-as-trump-arrives-at-ufc-fight-even-the-announcers-are-stunned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crowd-goes-wild-as-trump-arrives-at-ufc-fight-even-the-announcers-are-stunned\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s UFC arrival stuns crowd and announcers."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrowd-goes-wild-as-trump-arrives-at-ufc-fight-even-the-announcers-are-stunned%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1967896&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In a peculiar twist, two of the three biggest reactions from the UFC 290 pay per view on Saturday night were actually not for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/creating-a-god-in-our-own-image\/\" title=\"Creating A God In Our Own Image\">mixed martial artists<\/a>.<\/h2>\n<p>One massive pop from the crowd came when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/internet-goes-wild-seeing-vince-mcmahons-new-look-wrestlemania-wwe-sale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WWE<\/a> legend and Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio Jr. was shown in the crowd (wearing his luchador mask, no less).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reymysterio?\">@reymysterio<\/a> pop <\/p>\n<p>This man always has impeccable drip <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportufc?\">@btsportufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC290?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC290<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nCixh8dSgw\">pic.twitter.com\/nCixh8dSgw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportwwe\/status\/1677876722857910274?\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But even that thunderous reaction to Mysterio paled in comparison to the Richter scale-level uproar that former President Donald Trump received when he arrived at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch that reaction for yourself below:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC290?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC290<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7FMBUAQwr\">pic.twitter.com\/q7FMBUAQwr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/btsportufc\/status\/1677863940141744132?\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump, flanked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-want-honest-elections-jovan-hutton-pulitzer-releases-new-video-on-2020-election\/\" title=\"\u201cI want Honest Elections!\u201d  Jovan Hutton Pulitzer Releases New Video on 2020 Election\">outspoken supporter<\/a> and UFC President Dana White, sauntered down the aisle as the crowd lost their minds. The former president and White both shook hands and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crowd-goes-wild-as-trump-arrives-at-ufc-fight-even-the-announcers-are-stunned\/\" title=\"Trump's UFC arrival stuns crowd and announcers.\">high-fived fans<\/a> on the way to the octagon.<\/p>\n<p>It was the kind of scene you\u2019d expect to see Rey Mysterio in \u2014 not the leading GOP candidate to the 2024 presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Given that, it\u2019s almost understandable that the announcers almost didn\u2019t know how to react to Trump\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>After audibly gasping and reacting to Trump\u2019s official arrival, the announcers still gushed over how big of a deal this was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you might expect for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ufc-crowd-cheers-as-trump-enters-packed-vegas-arena\/\" title=\"UFC crowd roars for Trump at Vegas arena.\">international fight week<\/a>, a lot of people are in the building,\u201d said Michael Eaves, one of the desk analysts. \u201cBut no one needs more security than the former president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh my word,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ufc-legend-offers-train-elon-musk-ahead-fight-mark-zuckerberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC<\/a> legend Michael Bisping chimed in. \u201cThis is a massive, massive fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But just in case anyone may think that this was just a trumped up (no pun intended) and staged exhibition \u2026 well, just look at some of these reactions and tell me they\u2019re not genuine.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s South African UFC fighter Dricus Du Plessis hopping the octagon fence (notice the security in the ring initially reacting to the jump) to shake the former president\u2019s hand after he beat Robert Whittaker:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dricus Du Plessis greats Donald Trump and Dana White following his TKO win over Robert Whittaker!<\/p>\n<p>What a statement! Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dricusduplessis?\">@dricusduplessis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?\">@ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc290?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc290<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ufc?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ufc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XvxOymhrqX\">pic.twitter.com\/XvxOymhrqX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nina-Marie Daniele (@ninamdrama) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ninamdrama\/status\/1677884960672473089?\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s the former president of the United States meeting with the Mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Su4a5Rfzc\">pic.twitter.com\/2Su4a5Rfzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonMillerinDC\/status\/1677869131247517696?\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And here\u2019s Trump using his signature finger point to single out UFC announcer and podcast mogul Joe Rogan:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is probably the closest we will get to a Joe Rogan-Donald Trump podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/do5asO3erD\">pic.twitter.com\/do5asO3erD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Damon Imani (@damonimani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/damonimani\/status\/1677865385532465152?\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Look, it\u2019s a fool\u2019s errand to extrapolate Trump\u2019s raucous UFC 290 appearance with anything tangibly pertaining to the 2024 general election (making the mild assumption Trump emerges from a crowded GOP primary field).<\/p>\n<p>UFC has always been a more \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ufc-star-calls-trump-greatest-president-rips-biden-supporters-dumpster-fire-state-country\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">conservative<\/a>\u201d sport, for lack of a better term. At the very least, the league still focuses on sports above far-leftism \u2014 something that, say, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greatest-coach-nba-history-refuses-watch-league-social-justice-tinged-disney-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-mlb-team-refuses-host-lgbt-night-now-may-paying-price\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB<\/a> actively struggle with.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, it is worth noting that it would be equally as foolish to summarily dismiss the reaction for Trump at UFC 290.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you want to call it a magnetic personality, a charming personality or a cult of personality, Trump has \u201cit.\u201d The man can connect with swathes of people in ways that the Jeb Bush\u2019s and Mitch McConnell\u2019s of the world could never dream of on their most charismatic day.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 290 proved that Trump is still very much an active man of the people, a stark difference from the bumbling derelict currently occupying 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/crowd-goes-wild-trump-arrives-ufc-fight-even-announcers-stunned\/\">Crowd Goes Wild as Trump Arrives at UFC Fight &#8211; Even the Announcers Are Stunned<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During UFC 290, surprising reactions arose as two out of three major responses were not for fighters. The crowd erupted when WWE icon Rey Mysterio Jr., donning his luchador mask, appeared in the audience, adding an unexpected twist to the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1967897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1967897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}