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President Donald Trump was greeted by a packed crowd at UFC 327 in Miami on Saturday night, in what was the president’s first appearance at a sporting event since the start of the Iran war.
Trump has been a fixture at UFC and other combat sports events during his presidency, during his 2024 campaign and even since his first term.
In 2025, Trump attended UFC 316 and Miami Fight Night. In 2024, he attended UFC 302 in June and UFC 309 in November.
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President Donald Trump greets the media after leaving Air Force One at Miami International Airport, Florida, April 11, 2026. Trump was in town to attend a UFC fight. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
In 2019, he attended UFC 244.
Before Saturday, the last major sporting event Trump attended was the College Football Playoff national championship game between Indiana and Miami at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19.
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Trump was notably absent from this year’s Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics in Italy, and did not attend any other events after the outbreak of war in Iran.
But after Tuesday’s ceasefire agreement, Trump returned to sports. Trump addressed the current situation with Iran at the White House before leaving at Joint Base Andrews to travel to Miami for the UFC event.
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“We are in very deep negotiations with Iran, we will win regardless. We have defeated them militarily,” Trump told reporters. “Whether we make a deal or not makes no difference to me. And the reason is we won whether you listen to the fake news or not.”
