{"id":227608,"date":"2026-04-11T13:52:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227608\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T13:52:19","slug":"dana-white-hints-at-trumps-attendance-for-ufc-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227608\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White hints at Trump&#8217;s attendance for UFC 327"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">UFC president Dana White all but confirmed that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Donald Trump<\/a> will be in attendance at UFC 327 in Miami this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">White said that &#8220;the big guy&#8221; will be coming to the Kaseya Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s good to be back in Miami. Yeah, I&#8217;m pumped. We got the big guy coming on Saturday, too. He&#8217;s coming,&#8221; White said on Adin Ross&#8217; recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xRzUnWiDxoY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">YouTube stream.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/donald-trump-.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump waving at UFC 316 event in Prudential Center Newark New Jersey\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump is seen in attendance during the UFC 316 event at Prudential Center on June 7, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey. (Ed Mulholland\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n<p>The event would be Trump&#8217;s first appearance at a major sporting event since he attended the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ncaa-fb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">college football<\/a> national championship in January, in which Indiana defeated Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Since his second term began, Trump has attended several UFC events, a Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, the NCAA wrestling championships, the FIFA Club World Cup final, the U.S. Open, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/new-york-yankees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">New York Yankees<\/a> game, the Ryder Cup, and the Army-Navy game.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/trump-dana-white-ufc-001.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump talking to UFC President Dana White at Kaseya Center in Miami\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump attends the UFC 314 event alongside UFC President and CEO Dana White at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, on April 12, 2025. (Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/jon-jones-requests-ufc-release-after-dana-white-says-legend-never-considered-him-white-house-card\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">JON JONES REQUESTS UFC RELEASE AFTER DANA WHITE SAYS LEGEND WAS &#8216;NEVER&#8217; CONSIDERED FOR WHITE HOUSE CARD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC is slated to have an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/trump-looking-forward-attending-ufc-white-house-event-featuring-top-fighters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">event on the South Lawn<\/a> of the White House as part of the America250 celebration on June 14, Trump&#8217;s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/ufc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UFC<\/a> event Trump attended was UFC 316 in Newark last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Assuming Trump is in attendance this weekend, there will be two light heavyweight matches as co-main events, including one for the light heavyweight championship.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/dana-white-trump-81225.jpg\" alt=\"UFC CEO Dana White talking to President-elect Donald Trump ringside at UFC 309\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>UFC CEO Dana White (left) talks to President-elect Donald Trump ringside during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;UFC Freedom 250&#8221; will be headlined by Justin Gaethje and Ilia Topuria in a lightweight championship unification bout.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has appeared at each of the last three UFC events in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sports coverage on X<\/a>,\u00a0and subscribe to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>   <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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