{"id":193974,"date":"2026-04-12T03:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193974\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T03:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T03:33:08","slug":"trump-cheered-at-ufc-327-as-he-attends-fight-alongside-daughter-tiffany-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/193974\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cheered at UFC 327 as he attends fight alongside daughter Tiffany, Secretary of State Marco Rubio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump attended UFC 327 Saturday night and received cheers and applause from the Miami MMA crowd as he entered the arena.<\/p>\n<p>Trump strolled into the Kaseya Center just after 9 p.m., flanked by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, UFC boss Dana White and his youngest daughter, Tiffany Trump, as Kid Rock\u2019s \u201cAmerican Badass\u201d blasted through the arena.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump had a quick chat with Dana White. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The commander in chief also greeted high-profile attendees, including UFC announcer and podcaster Joe Rogan, as he made his way to his seat.<\/p>\n<p>Trump arrived at the UFC match moments before Vice President JD Vance <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/11\/us-news\/us-iran-fail-to-reach-peace-agreement-after-marathon-talks-in-pakistan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">revealed the US failed to strike a peace deal with Iran<\/a> after more than 21 hours of grueling talks in Pakistan to end the six-week war that has rocked the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bad new is that we have no reached an agreement,\u201d Vance told reporters in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd i think that\u2019s bad new for Iran much more than it\u2019s bad news for the United States of America. They have chose not to accept our terms. So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s youngest daughter Tiffany was in attendance after spending last Easter Sunday at the White House. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Trump, a close friend to White, has been a UFC regular, showing up at multiple events during his second term with family members and conservative bigwigs.<\/p>\n<p>He attended Saturday\u2019s event months before he plans to host<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/03\/us-news\/trump-to-host-ufc-fight-at-white-house-as-part-of-america250-celebration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0a cage match on the White House lawn<\/a>\u00a0for 25,000 spectators to celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday on June 14 \u2014 which also marks his 80th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Ilia Topuria will put his UFC lightweight title on the line against interim champ Justin Gaethje as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/07\/sports\/ilia-topuria-justin-gaethje-to-headline-ufcs-white-house-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">the headliner for the one-of-a-kind event in Washington.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio took a break from Iran negotiations to attend the fight. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The co-main event also features UFC gold up for grabs \u2014 and in one man\u2019s case, a chance at history \u2014 as Alex Pereira seeks to become the first three-division champion in the organization\u2019s history when he and Ciryl Gane vie for an interim heavyweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s match saw Jiri Prochazka and Carols Ulberg<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/11\/sports\/where-to-to-watch-ufc-327-prochazka-vs-ulberg-time-fight-card\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0face off for the vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Trump attended UFC 327 Saturday night and received cheers and applause from the Miami MMA crowd as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[153,23089,5546,23555,9,11,10,49,51,50,87,77393,23723,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-193974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-marco-rubio","10":"tag-miami","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-headlines","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-new-york-state","16":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","17":"tag-new-york-state-news","18":"tag-politics","19":"tag-tiffany-trump","20":"tag-ufc","21":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}