President-elect Donald Trump was at the UFC 309 fight alongside his future cabinet members on Saturday, his first match since winning the election.
The UFC fight came to New York City, which was Trump’s first time back in Madison Square Garden since his rally there in the final days before the Nov. 5 election. This time, he had with him his selections for future Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and national intelligence director, Tulsi Gabbard.
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Per usual, Trump entered the arena with UFC President Dana White and sat octagon side. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also sat next to Trump during the fight, who will be running the new Department of Government Efficiency. Trump’s sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, along with musician Kid Rock and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), were also there with the president-elect.
“UFC at MSG was epic!” Johnson wrote of the experience online.
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Don Jr. shared a photo of the group’s travel after the match, posting a shot inside a plane eating food from McDonald’s with his father, Musk, Kennedy, and Johnson. The photo’s caption read, “Make America Healthy Again starts TOMORROW.”
After Jon Jones ended his match early in the third round with a technical knockout against Stipe Miocic, Jones lent his heavyweight champion title belt to Trump. This was Jones’s second time defending the title, with a career of 28 – 1.
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Talk show host Dan Bongino was also seen in the crowd with Trump’s eldest son, seated next to former World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler turned Chief Content Officer Paul Michael Levesque, also known as Triple H, and his wife former WWE CEO Stephanie McMahon. Trump was seen shaking Levesque’s hand before the match started.
While there, Trump also greeted UFC announcer Joe Rogan, who endorsed him after their interview on his podcast and shortly before the election. During that episode of the Joe Rogan Experience, Rogan invited Trump to the event, but Trump was hesitant to confirm, joking that if he lost the election he might be too depressed to attend.