Former President Donald Trump revved up the crowds in Las Vegas as he attended UFC 290 Saturday night.
The 45th President of the United States was greeted by loud cheers as he strutted into the arena for International Fight Week.
The 77-year-old waved to the audience gathered at the T-Mobile Arena and shook hands as he was accompanied by UFC President Dana White.
Trump entered the arena just before the main card got underway, flanked by an army of Secret Service agents, and made his way to his seat.
He even took the time to pose for a photo with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic before taking his seat.
Former President Donald Trump revved up the crowds in Las Vegas as he attended UFC 290
The 45th President of the United States gave a thumbs up as he was greeted by loud cheers
The 77-year-old was accompanied by UFC President Dana White (right) as he entered the arena
Trump, who is looking to return to the White House in 2024, is a familiar face at UFC events.
He has held events at his Trump Taj Mahal hotel previously and even attended UFC 244 while he was still President.
He was also in the house for UFC 264 and even as recently as April he attended UFC 287, sitting alongside Mike Tyson and Kid Rock.
Jorge Masvidal, who Trump previously watched take on Nate Diaz in 2019, also fought at UFC 287 in April and praised the former President following his bout.
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‘Greatest president in the history of the world sitting right there, I love that guy,’ Masvidal said, pointing at Trump, who was sat ringside at the Miami-Dade Arena.
Masvidal also went one to praise Florida governor and Trump’s Republican rival Ron DeSantis and started a chant against Joe Biden.
White spoke for Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention and, speaking on the speech later, told Tucker Carlson: ‘This guy has been so good to me it’s unexplainable.
‘He’s been a very good friend to me since the day I met him.
‘When we bought this company it had such a bad stigma attached to it and the sport that we couldn’t even get into venues, they didn’t want us.
Trump was flanked by an army of Secret Service agents as he made his way to his seat
Loving the limelight, Trump waved to the crowd gathered at T-Mobile arena
He took the time to pose for a photo with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Stipe Miocic (L)
Jorge Masvidal (L) praised the former President following his bout at UFC 287 in April
UFC President Dana White spoke for Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention
‘Donald Trump saw that this thing could possibly be big, plus he’s a sports guy who loves sports, and he offered us to come do the event at the Trump Taj Mahal at Atlantic City.
‘He cut us a very fair deal and we went down there and did two events with him where he showed up for the first fight and stayed until the last fight.
‘Imagine back then; Trump brand is way up, UFC brand is way down, but he took us in and he was great.
‘Everything that ever happened to me in my career after that day, the first guy to reach out and say congratulations was Donald Trump; whether it was a letter or one time we were on the cover of the New York Times.
‘He said ‘I always knew you were going to do it, Dana, congratulations’, and he sent me the paper. He sent me a pen one time congratulating me.
‘He’s always sending something to say congratulations; a guy who is genuinely happy for your success.’
Earlier in the day, Trump spent 40 minutes discussing the border, economy, crime, and trans women in sport as he addressed a gathering of Republican volunteers in Las Vegas.
Before attending the UFC event, Trump gave a speech to Republican volunteers in Las Vegas
He attacked his Republican rival Ron DeSantis as ‘highly overrated’, and saying he has ‘no personality’.
But he saved his strongest condemnation for the president, declaring that ‘the gloves are off’.
He accused Joe Biden of being a ‘corrupt, incompetent leader’ who has been ‘compromised’ by China and Ukraine.
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