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MIAMI (AP) \u2014 The main attraction early at UFC 327 on Saturday night wasn\u2019t any of the fighters, but President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump entered the Kaseya Center shortly after 9 p.m. to watch the light heavyweight fight between Jiri Prochazka and Carlos Ulberg. He was accompanied by Dana White, the president of Ultimate Fighting Championship, and several members of the Trump family.<\/p>\n

As a Kid Rock song blasted from the speakers, Trump walked to his seat where Secretary of State Marco Rubio was waiting. Also nearby was Sergio Gor, the U.S. ambassador to India.<\/p>\n

Trump shook hands with attendees on the floor and made a point of greeting Joe Rogan, the podcaster who also works as a UFC color commentator.<\/p>\n

Trump gave several smiles to the cameras.<\/p>\n

Earlier, on his way to the arena, Trump\u2019s Truth Social account posted an advertisement that appeared to be for a UFC fight at the White House on June 14, on what would be Trump\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n

A crowd of onlookers could be seen filming the presidential motorcade upon arrival.<\/p>\n

With former champion Alex Pereira vacating the belt to move up and challenge for the interim heavyweight crown at UFC Freedom 250 at the White House, Ulberg (14-1-0) earned his spot across Prochazka (32-5-1) in the main event of Saturday\u2019s card.<\/p>\n

In the co-main event, Azamat Murzakanov (17-0-0) used a right roundhouse to the head<\/a> to drop Paulo Costa (15-5-0) and end the bout at the 1:23 mark of the third round.<\/p>\n

Murzakanov stepped onto the apron of the Octagon after his victory to shake Trump\u2019s hand, and the president praised him. Murzakanov acknowledged Trump during his post-fight interview with Rogan.<\/p>\n

Josh Hokit (9-0-0) and Curtis Blaydes (19-6-0) battered each other in the slugfest of the night<\/a>, with Trump excitedly watching the heavyweights as fans chanted \u201cThis is awesome!\u201d as the fighters bloodied each other\u2019s faces. Hokit won by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28)<\/p>\n

In a light heavyweight clash, Dominick Reyes (16-5-0) defeated Johnny Walker (22-10-0) with a split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28).<\/p>\n

Featherweight Cub Swanson (32-14-0) ended a celebrated career<\/a> with a devastating first-round TKO of Nate Landwehr (18-9-0). The 42-year-old Swanson overmatched Landwehr with a bevy of punches to the head before referee Herb Dean stepped in to stop the fight with 54 seconds left in the opening round.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MMA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mixed-martial-arts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (AP) \u2014 The main attraction early at UFC 327 on Saturday night wasn\u2019t any of the fighters,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16004,16007,10607,16008,12,16002,96,1665,16011,9840,16009,16001,957,186,95,6550,16000,16005,4535,16003,16006,51,16010,113,74,1194],"class_list":{"0":"post-22502","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-donald-trump","8":"tag-alex-pereira","9":"tag-curtis-blaydes","10":"tag-dana-white","11":"tag-dominick-reyes","12":"tag-donald-trump","13":"tag-fl-state-wire","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-general-news","16":"tag-herb-dean","17":"tag-joe-rogan","18":"tag-johnny-walker","19":"tag-josh-hokit","20":"tag-kid-rock","21":"tag-marco-rubio","22":"tag-miami","23":"tag-miami-hurricanes","24":"tag-mixed-martial-arts","25":"tag-nate-landwehr","26":"tag-nevada","27":"tag-nv-state-wire","28":"tag-paulo-costa","29":"tag-politics","30":"tag-sergio-gor","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-trump","33":"tag-washington-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116389710780838299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}