{"id":589665,"date":"2021-07-13T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589665"},"modified":"2021-07-13T10:36:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T14:36:17","slug":"watch-usa-chants-erupt-as-trump-enters-ufc-arena-espn-ignores-his-presence-on-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-usa-chants-erupt-as-trump-enters-ufc-arena-espn-ignores-his-presence-on-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: \u2018USA\u2019 Chants Erupt As Trump Enters UFC Arena, ESPN Ignores His Presence On Broadcast"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwatch-usa-chants-erupt-as-trump-enters-ufc-arena-espn-ignores-his-presence-on-broadcast%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=589665&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233931487.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Former President Donald Trump was in attendance at UFC 264 in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He arrived through the fighters tunnel to watch the main event between Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier. As he walked to his seat, the packed crowd at T-Mobile Arena erupted in cheers and chants of \u201cU-S-A,\u201d as the chant drowned out a smattering of boos.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7186311787072\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UFC crowd goes nuts when Trump enters the stadiumwith <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@danawhite<\/a>!!! Chants of US\u2026 USA break out. These fans and most of the fighters just get it.\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ufc246?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ufc246<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MG0TA2E7BY\">pic.twitter.com\/MG0TA2E7BY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1414076420511444999?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/11\/trump-gets-round-of-applause-at-ufc-264-showdown-in-las-vegas\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=NYPTwitter\">The New York Post<\/a>, Trump was seated near the octagon, where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was located.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Before the fight, UFC President Dana White told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/07\/09\/dana-white-donald-trump-sitting-ringside-ufc-264-conor-mcgregor-dustin-poirier\/\">TMZ<\/a> that Trump would be placed by the octagon for the main event, even though the risk of hearing boos from the crowd was high.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe don\u2019t care,\u201d White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mma\/news\/donald-trump-to-attend-ufc-264-dana-white\/dg3n60fx3fq11p3ovorbht2lj\">said<\/a> of Trump. \u201cHe\u2019s not that guy. He\u2019s not hiding in a box somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe and I have been friends for over 20 years,\u201d White said, according to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/mma\/news\/donald-trump-to-attend-ufc-264-dana-white\/dg3n60fx3fq11p3ovorbht2lj\"><span>Sporting News<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAnd he\u2019s a huge fight fan, not just UFC. He\u2019s a fight fan. He likes fighting like I like fighting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump was the first sitting president to attend a UFC event when he attended a fight at the Madison Square Garden for UFC 244 in 2019, per <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/mma\/2021\/07\/10\/donald-trump-cheered-ufc-264-mcgregor-poirier\/7927529002\/\"><span>USA Today<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump\u2019s arrival at T-Mobile Arena certainly caught the attention of those in attendance, but it wasn\u2019t seen by those watching at home. ESPN had the broadcasting rights to the fight, and refused to air the footage of Trump entering the arena.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5042372881356\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources tell me when President Trump made his way to cageside the crowd erupted and ESPN didn\u2019t show it because of the massive ovation he received\u2026 pathetic mainstream media censorship\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Couch (@RealMattCouch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealMattCouch\/status\/1414075055563214848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As Jason Whitlock of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ufc264-espn-dana-white-whitlock\"><span>The Blaze<\/span><\/a><span> put it:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18\">\n<p><i><span>ESPN ignored the whole thing. They never mentioned that the former president was in the building. The Worldwide Leader followed the guidelines prescribed by Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. America\u2019s social media apps disappeared the 45th president. Like an obedient soldier, ESPN did, too.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>This is wild. Trump\u2019s appearance was news. White\u2019s very public embrace of Trump is fascinating and newsworthy. It\u2019s not surprising. White is a longtime Trump supporter. But White and the UFC\u2019s stance is completely different from Roger Goodell and the NFL, Adam Silver and the NBA, Rob Manfred and Major League Baseball.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The UFC \u2014 and White \u2014 go about their business much differently than other sports leagues. While the NBA, NFL and MLB have all made moves in order to appeal to the Left, the UFC has gone in the opposite direction. They don\u2019t care what side of the political aisle you\u2019re on. In fact, White has no intention of telling his athletes how they should think.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s what we do, whether all this craziness is going on or not, that\u2019s how we run our show,\u201d White <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/you-shouldnt-have-to-go-to-work-and-listen-to-that-st-ufcs-dana-white-sounds-off-on-woke-sports\">told<\/a> The Daily Wire when asked how the UFC has managed to stay out of politics. \u201cThe other thing is, we don\u2019t put a muzzle on anyone. We don\u2019t tell people what they can and cannot talk about. Imagine working for a company and they\u2019re telling you to believe this.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd the other thing we don\u2019t do, we don\u2019t tell you who to vote for. We don\u2019t tell you what to believe in, we don\u2019t tell you what religion, we don\u2019t tell you any of that s**t. You\u2019re all grown men and women with your own ideas, your own beliefs, and good for you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The crowd at UFC 264 showed the world that there are still many who appreciate Trump, even if ESPN refuses to show it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. <\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump was in attendance at UFC 264 in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday.\u00a0He arrived through the fighters tunnel to watch the main event between Conor McGregor and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314550,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233931487.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: \u2018USA\u2019 Chants Erupt As Trump Enters UFC Arena, ESPN Ignores His Presence On Broadcast","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233931487.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: \u2018USA\u2019 Chants Erupt As Trump Enters UFC Arena, ESPN Ignores His Presence On Broadcast","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589665","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}