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As President Trump posthumously pardoned the boxer Jack Johnson the other day, i was reminded of Trump's idea of bringing all the UFC champions to the White House at some point.
https://www.mmaweekly.com/dana-whit...red-to-bring-ufc-champions-to-the-white-house
Obviously the UFC is going to take him up on that offer and i think that it most likely will take place during International Fight Week in early july.
With 8 out of 12 champions being American, it looks to be a good showing for the patriotically minded American.
Also, the two title fights at 206 that week are being contested between 4 American fighters, which doesn't happen often but is patriotically convenient of course.
With Trump being the fight fan that he is, i could see him wanting to take Dana's place in standing in between DC and Miocic for a first off White House face-off.
At first, i couldn't understand why Dana would give Nicco Montano so much leeway for a simple tonsil removal, but seeing as she is Native American and considering the undeserved racist stigma the UFC has to carry (think Streep, Arum and Woodley), i guess it makes sense now.
In terms of politics, the neocons will probably talk about Khabib's links to terrorism and the libs will probably say that the inclusion of Khabib is another sign that Trump is in bed with Russia, but even negative publicity is good publicity in this regard.
We will just have to wait and see if DJ's right hand can possibly survive Trump's death grip or if Romero ("and new!") will try to make out with Trump, but one thing is for sure, the day the UFC gets honored at the White House is the day that the UFC officially becomes mainstream.
(Not that it will stop the "UFC is dying" comments)
https://www.mmaweekly.com/dana-whit...red-to-bring-ufc-champions-to-the-white-house
Obviously the UFC is going to take him up on that offer and i think that it most likely will take place during International Fight Week in early july.
With 8 out of 12 champions being American, it looks to be a good showing for the patriotically minded American.
Also, the two title fights at 206 that week are being contested between 4 American fighters, which doesn't happen often but is patriotically convenient of course.
With Trump being the fight fan that he is, i could see him wanting to take Dana's place in standing in between DC and Miocic for a first off White House face-off.
At first, i couldn't understand why Dana would give Nicco Montano so much leeway for a simple tonsil removal, but seeing as she is Native American and considering the undeserved racist stigma the UFC has to carry (think Streep, Arum and Woodley), i guess it makes sense now.
In terms of politics, the neocons will probably talk about Khabib's links to terrorism and the libs will probably say that the inclusion of Khabib is another sign that Trump is in bed with Russia, but even negative publicity is good publicity in this regard.
We will just have to wait and see if DJ's right hand can possibly survive Trump's death grip or if Romero ("and new!") will try to make out with Trump, but one thing is for sure, the day the UFC gets honored at the White House is the day that the UFC officially becomes mainstream.
(Not that it will stop the "UFC is dying" comments)
