Dana White explains Trump's role in new fight for White House UFC event
President Trump prompted Dana White to add a new heavyweight fight to the UFC event set to be held at the White House June 14.
Let’s get to the point: President Donald Trump played an key role Saturday, April 11 in the UFC adding a heavyweight fight to the mixed martial arts event scheduled to be held at the White House June 14. While Vice President JD Vance was in Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials amid a fragile cease fire, Trump attended for UFC 327 at the Kaseya Center in Miami. He arrived with Dana White, the UFC’s CEO and a longtime friend of Trump’s.
After the 12 fights at UFC 327 were complete, White announced the UFC was adding to the White House event a heavyweight fight between Derrick Lewis and Josh Hokit, a self-styled villain who won a bloody brawl at UFC 327. Said White, "So what's crazy is organically, about an hour before (Hokit's victory), the president said to me, ‘Why is Derrick Lewis not on the White House card? I said, ‘I'll be back in five minutes.
’ "I went and called Derrick Lewis, said the president wants to know why you're not on the White House card. And Derrick Lewis said, "Politics. Politics kept me off the White House card.
" Why is Trump a fan of Derrick Lewis? Lewis is 6-3, 260 pounds and nicknamed "The Black Beast. " They could have just as easily nicknamed him "Unfiltered" for his style when there’s a microphone in his face.