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UFC president Dana White opened about the brief chat she had with President Barack Obama during the inauguration of President Donald Trump earlier this year.
White and Obama were seen talking in the Capitol roundabout in Washington in January. But White had never talked about the interaction until the appearance of Sunday night in “60 minutes.”
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Former President Barack Obama speaks with the CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Dana White after the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images)
CBS presenter Jon Wertheim asked White to respond to fans who have felt that UFC has “taken a side” when it came to politics.
“I am an American citizen. Biden was my president. Trump is my president,” White said. “He was at the inauguration and sitting behind all the former presidents and this was spinning like ‘Dana Mad-Dogging president, Obama’. President Obama turned around, the only president who did, and shook my hand and said:” Congratulations for all his success. “And I said: ‘Thank you very much President’.
UFC president Dana White attended for UFC 300 in T-Mobile Arena. (Mark J. Rebila/USA Today Sports)
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“That is what happened. I never talked about it publicly. If President Obama called and said: ‘Hey, I would like to come to see a fight.’ It would be like, ‘Yes, buy some tickets and good luck’ or whatever, the president or former president of the United States wants to come to his event, you treat them with respect.”
White has been rooted in the political scene since Trump disturbed during his first campaign in 2016. Since then, the UFC head has been seen in the Republican National Convention and other demonstrations that have presented Trump.
President Donald Trump prepares to see the last fighting championship (UFC) with the CEO of UFC Dana White and Elon Musk at the Kaseya Center on April 12, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty images)
The president has also been in several UFC fights before, during and after his presidency.
