UFC President and CEO Dana White introduced former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday night.
White spoke to Republican Party members just before Trump accepted the presidential nomination for a third consecutive time.
The 54-year-old Connecticut native told the crowd that the stakes have never been higher. He praised Trump as the “strongest, most resilient human being” he has ever met.
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Dana White, CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, speaks onstage during the final day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 18, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
“I know he wants what's best for the American people, for all of the American people,” White said. “I know he's running for president to save our American dream. I'm living the American dream and I know the American dream is very real. Whether you were born in this country or came from somewhere else, this is the last real land of opportunity.
“I know President Trump is fighting to save the American dream and that is what is at stake in this election.
White went on to say that the country was in a better place when Trump was president and the choice for him was clear.
“I know I'm going to choose strength and security. I know I'm going to choose opportunity and prosperity. I know I'm going to choose real American leadership and a real American leader.”
Donald Trump and UFC President Dana White attend UFC 290 at T-Mobile Arena on July 8, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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White has said he and Trump have been friends for more than two decades. In his speech, he claimed Trump asked him to do so as a “friend.”
In the early 2000s, as the UFC struggled to become a legitimized sports organization, Trump hosted UFC shows at his former Atlantic City casino, known as the Trump Taj Mahal.
White spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention months before Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in that presidential race. At the time, she praised Trump for taking the sport “seriously.”
Trump's Atlantic City projects have been demolished or bought and rebranded, but White has remained loyal to the billionaire mogul through it all.
Trump has been seen regularly at sporting events during his first presidency and while running for reelection in 2019 and 2020. While he has been seen at college baseball and football games, he most frequently appears at UFC events.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, UFC President Dana White and Kid Rock pose for a photo during UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden on November 11, 2023 in New York City. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
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He appeared at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, for UFC 302 following the verdict in his criminal trial in New York. He received a standing ovation when he entered the arena. He even received some cheers from some of the fighters.
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