Ufc Fighter Reveals The Six Words He Whispered To Trump After Big Win At Ufc White House Fight

UFC combatant Sean O’Malley revealed that he told President Donald Trump he had “knocked retired a Canadian for you” aft his triumph complete Aiemann Zahabi astatine nan White House’s UFC extravaganza.

The 31-year-old floored Zahabi, who is Canadian, stopping his seven-fight winning streak, during nan UFC Freedom 250 arena astatine nan White House Sunday, which was held connected Trump’s day and up of America’s 250th anniversary.

“I said, ‘Happy birthday, I knocked retired a Canadian for you,’” O’Malley revealed connected The Ariel Helwani Show.

He added, “I deliberation that’s what I said. People support asking maine what I said, and I’m trying to recall.”

O’Malley noted that Trump replied: “You should get nan bonus.”

While he was yet passed complete for nan capacity bonus, arsenic each 7 fights ended successful knockouts, O’Malley still recognized nan tremendous weight of nan historical fight.

“It decidedly felt a small spot different…because it was astatine nan White House,” he said. “I was fighting nan only Canadian connected nan card, Trump’s birthday, America’s birthday. All these other things.”

Trump has many times floated nan thought of Canada becoming nan 51st state, moreover reviving nan thought again successful a societal media station astatine nan opening of this month, NBC reports.

The Freedom 250 arena took complete nan White House’s South Lawn this past weekend, drafting successful complete 4,000 spectators to return successful 7 cage matches.

The UFC said it invested $60 cardinal successful nan event.

Trump was joined by UFC CEO Dana White, arsenic good arsenic members of his family including first woman Melania Trump and sons Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Barron Trump.

The arena - which ran smoothly contempt a rainfall relay - was somewhat overshadowed by a combatant calling erstwhile first woman Michelle Obama a “man” aft becoming nan heavyweight champion.

Fighter Josh Hokit, 28, made nan hateful and unprompted remark during an question and reply pinch podcaster Joe Rogan aft winning his conflict connected nan South Lawn.

White, nan UFC CEO, later slammed Hokit’s remarks, telling TIME: “I understand that nan Obama’s are nationalist figures but I’m wholly against saying nasty and mendacious things astir people’s families. Everyone knows my position connected free reside but I dislike that benignant of nonsense.”

Days later, FBI Director Kash Patel shared that a “planned attack” targeting nan large arena had been thwarted and 5 group had been arrested arsenic a result.