{"id":721881,"date":"2026-04-12T03:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/721881\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:34:15","slug":"trump-takes-the-spotlight-at-ufc-327-in-miami-greeting-rogan-and-rubio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/721881\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump takes the spotlight at UFC 327 in Miami, greeting Rogan and Rubio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>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<p>Trump gave several smiles to the cameras.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>A crowd of onlookers could be seen filming the presidential motorcade upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>With former champion <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ufc-320-magomed-ankalaev-alex-pereira-c11c07b954dc07a0850c877497572cbf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Pereira<\/a> 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 Proch\u00e1zka (32-5-1) in the main event of Saturday\u2019s card.<\/p>\n<p>On the main undercard, fellow light heavyweights Azamat Murzakanov (16-0-0) and Paulo Costa (15-4-0) will battle in what might end up being a qualifier for the victor to meet the winner of Ulberg and Proch\u00e1zka.<\/p>\n<p>Fifth-ranked heavyweight Curtis Blaydes (19-5-0) will battle undefeated Josh Hokit (8-0-0).<\/p>\n<p>Reyes (15-5-0), now the 10th-ranked light heavyweight, will battle No. 12 Johnny Walker (22-9-0).<\/p>\n<p>In the featherweight division, Cub Swanson (31-14-0) stopped Nate Landwehr (18-8-0).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MMA: <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mixed-martial-arts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":721882,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[144264,299431,5191,168,69,6064,723,57,17104,58104,299430,97366,410,380,1426,21681,299429,617,11290,53118,80,129832,62,67,132,68,93],"class_list":["post-721881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-alex-pereira","tag-curtis-blaydes","tag-dana-white","tag-domestic-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-fl-state-wire","tag-florida","tag-general-news","tag-joe-rogan","tag-johnny-walker","tag-josh-hokit","tag-kid-rock","tag-marco-rubio","tag-miami","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-mixed-martial-arts","tag-nate-landwehr","tag-nevada","tag-nv-state-wire","tag-paulo-costa","tag-politics","tag-sergio-gor","tag-sports","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washington-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116389639971103966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/721882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}