LAS VEGAS – UFC President Dana White’s relationship with US President Donald Trump is well documented. White spoke on behalf of Trump at the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2020, Trump attended UFC 244 in New York and White, and several UFC fighters were part of Trump’s campaign bans when he sought re-election.
However, as of Wednesday evening, the prospects for Trump’s re-election appear poor. Democratic challenger Joe Biden leads the election of the electoral college, and there is evidence that in the few remaining states that have not yet been fully counted, votes are leaning towards the former vice president.
If White fears that a change in administration would also mean a change in the UFC’s wealth after being so closely linked to Trump, he doesn’t show it.
“I don’t think Biden even knows who I am,” White said at the DWCS 34 press conference after the fight at the UFC Apex. “I don’t think Biden knows who Biden is.”
White’s relationship with Trump wasn’t the only MMA-related connection with Tuesday’s elections, which were held at the federal, state and local levels. A UFC Hall of Famer was given an elected office when Tito Ortiz was elected to his hometown Huntington Beach, California city council. He took first place in a field of 15 candidates who fought for three vacancies and received a four-year term.
White and Ortiz have argued over the years, with White frequently questioning Ortiz’s intelligence. But he defied the opportunity to throw a punch at him on Saturday.
“Good for him,” White said when asked about Ortiz’s win. “Good for him.”
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