Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> appeared at UFC 299 in Miami on Saturday after holding a campaign rally in Georgia.
With <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kid-rock-blasts-bud-light-for-partnering-with-trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rock star Kid Rock</a>&#8216;s &#8220;American Badass&#8221; playing, Trump walked into the Kaseya Center alongside UFC CEO Dana White to loud cheers.
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DONALD TRUMP IS IN THE BUILDING! 🇺🇸<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC299?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFC299</a> | Live on TNT Sports &amp; discovery+ <a href="https://t.co/17fpb0T7bA">pic.twitter.com/17fpb0T7bA</a>
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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-was-a-legend-megan-fox-talks-trump-at-rowdy-ufc-arena" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fan of UFC</a> and having attended various fights over the years, Trump was joined at Saturday&#8217;s event by his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner. A <a href="https://www.ufc.com/news/main-card-results-highlights-winner-interviews-ufc-299-omalley-vs-vera-2#:~:text=on%20the%20roster.-,Sean%20O'Malley%20defeats%20Marlon%20Vera%20by%20unanimous%20decision%20(50,to%20close%20out%20UFC%20299." target="_blank" rel="noopener">number of fights</a> took place in the octagon, including Sean O’Malley <a href="https://www.espn.com/mma/story/_/id/39698333/sean-omalley-puts-show-routs-marlon-vera-ufc-299" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeating</a> Marlon “Chito” Vera in the main event.
<a href="https://twitter.com/stephaniealai/status/1766676814900936921">According</a> to a Bloomberg reporter, at one point of the event, the crowd chanted &#8220;F*** Joe Biden.&#8221;
The former president posed for <a href="https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1766719449107743066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photos</a> with Daily Wire host Candace Owens and NFL players Nick Bosa and Joe Burrow. Trump was also seen shaking hands with Barstool Sports founder <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1766676789722599700" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Portnoy</a> and former ESPN host <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonMillerinDC/status/1766672308515524738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sage Steele</a>.
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It’s fight night. Fighters only. <a href="https://twitter.com/PBDsPodcast?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PBDsPodcast</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danawhite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ufc</a> <a href="https://t.co/fCQtzzVBCm">pic.twitter.com/fCQtzzVBCm</a>
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Steele <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/longtime-espn-anchor-who-criticized-covid-mandates-leaving-network-to-exercise-first-amendment-rights" target="_blank" rel="noopener">parted ways</a> with ESPN last year after settling a lawsuit that alleged the network retaliated against her for making negative comments about COVID vaccine mandates and former President Barack Obama.
Trump is in the middle of running another campaign for the White House. After a dominant performance on Super Tuesday, Trump all but secured the GOP nomination when Nikki Haley dropped out of the race.
In Rome, Georgia, earlier on Saturday, Trump talked about the <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1766602411701879019" target="_blank" rel="noopener">election</a> and said he would <a href="https://twitter.com/MAGAIncWarRoom/status/1766608390392873141" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;demand justice&#8221;</a> for Laken Riley, the 22-year-old nursing student who was allegedly murdered by an illegal immigrant in Georgia last month.
He also spoke about the UFC, <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ufc/article-13178755/Donald-Trump-UFC-299-Dana-White-Sean-OMalley.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Daily Mail</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s the closest thing I can see really reflective of the election process that we have in this country, the UFC fights,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;That may be a little tamer than the election business.&#8221;
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Trump gave a shout-out to White, who last year <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-white-tells-ufc-sponsor-go-f-yourself-when-asked-to-delete-social-media-post-about-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> comedian and podcaster Theo Von that he once told one of the sponsors for his mixed martial arts organization to “go f*** yourself” when directed by the unnamed company to remove a post on his personal social media account that included Trump.
&#8220;Dana White has done a great job,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I hope he doesn&#8217;t run for office against me. He&#8217;s done a fantastic job. It&#8217;s an easier business than politics.&#8221;

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Spotify superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan">Joe Rogan</a> is a man’s man in the classic sense of the phrase.
The comedian loves hunting, eating red meat, and combat sports. He’s been part of the UFC revolution for more than 20 years, providing color commentary for some of the sport’s biggest matches.
He looks as wide as he is tall, and it’s all muscle, not fat. So why does he attract so many female listeners?
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A <a href="https://business.yougov.com/content/47483-whos-listening-to-the-joe-rogan-experience-men-mostly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2023 YouGov poll</a> found that Rogan’s podcast fan base leans younger and male.
No surprise there given the show’s content, Rogan’s personal interests, and the crush of male guests. He also curses like the proverbial sailor sans apology.
Yet <a href="https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/joe-rogan-renews-spotify-deal-not-exclusive-1235895424/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Variety’s announcement</a> of Rogan’s Spotify contract extension included this nugget:
<blockquote>Per Edison Research’s Q3 2023 survey of most listened-to podcasts, “The Joe Rogan Experience” ranked No. 1 for the period. In addition, “JRE” was the No. 2 most listened-to podcast for women 13 and older in the U.S., according to Edison.</blockquote>
Number two. And it’s not for lack of female-centric podcasts or alternatives across the pop culture landscape. And that includes true crime podcasts, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/13/why-are-women-falling-asleep-to-true-crime-podcasts-and-tv-shows.html#:~:text=%22My%20research%20shows%20that%20women,what%20to%20do%20if%20kidnapped." target="_blank" rel="noopener">audio catnip for many women</a>.
Turns out women love Rogan, too. But why?
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Rogan is unapologetically male at a time when pop culture suggests that’s off limits. So-called “toxic masculinity” must be called out and avoided at all costs.
That message got through to Rogan.
“It’s become a disparaged term, to be a man,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoE_VJ0UopM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rogan said in an undated clip</a> from his podcast “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
“We are now around soft men and hard times. We’re in a time of ‘<a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/peterson-rogan-tate-the-cult-toxic-masculinity-3129491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">toxic masculinity’</a> where you can be toxically male,” he said <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5Za3RPE9uc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in another talk</a> on the subject. “And if you’re suppressing masculinity, you’re going to bring on hard times.”
He dug deeper into the phrase last year with <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/podcasts/joe-rogan-goes-after-critics-who-believe-toxic-masculinity-is-an-indictment-of-all-men-thats-crazy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“The Punisher” star Jon Bernthal</a>.
<blockquote>There’s no term toxic femininity, right? But there’s toxic human beings, and some of them happen to be male and some of them happen to be female … but it’s not an indictment on male, you know, the male gender of the species. That’s crazy.</blockquote>
Rogan’s unabashedly male persona connects with his female flock.
It’s not unlike how women swoon over the Taylor Swift/Travis Kelce courtship. The couple represents an old-school romance, the prettiest girl at the prom and the gridiron hero scoring touchdowns for his sweetie.
Podcaster Karol Markowicz noticed a recent viral moment when Kelce moved past a security guard to open a car door for his squeeze during a Big Apple date. The video swiftly got shared far and wide, with Markowicz noting how women swooned over his old-fashioned manners.
They’re playing out their gender roles to a T, sans apology. And so, too, is Rogan. Women reacted to Kelce’s Alpha Male move, much like they long for Rogan’s podcast brand.
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When Cancel Culture came calling Rogan stood his ground. He apologized for using the N-word in the past, although never against a person of color in a derogatory way and carried on his show and career. The press piled on, too, shaping everything Rogan did or said as “controversial” or “problematic.” 
He ignored the attacks, understanding his fans didn’t believe the false narratives against him. Plus, he kept on challenging authority, promoting his professional and personal interests as if the woke mob never knocked on his door.
That’s courage in 21st-century America, and Rogan’s alpha male instincts served him well. Thus the new Spotify deal, reportedly worth up to $250 million.
Men appreciate Rogan as much for his content as his attitude toward their gender. He preaches discipline, much like Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, connecting with disaffected young males hungry for a father figure.
Alpha Males don’t wait for opportunities to knock on their door. They break the door down and make it happen.
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Rogan is a mixed martial artist as well as a stand-up comic. That requires patience, discipline, and a dedication to one’s health that goes beyond what most people embrace.
<blockquote><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL16129Qayg">F*** your motivation</a>. You need discipline. Because motivation’s not there every day. I’m missing motivation most days … once I get going, I feel great … but it’s that beginning part that’s hard because your body wants to stay comfortable.</blockquote>
Young men in particular won’t find many Alpha Male role models in pop culture. James Bond had to ride behind his female partner on a motorcycle in the most recent 007 affair, “No Time to Die.” Iconic male figures like Mad Max and He-Man now play second fiddle to strong, empowered female characters.
Male politicians like Gov. Gavin Newsom and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hardly radiate Alpha Male energy. That leaves many men without a sense of purpose or identity. How many times must they see “the future is female” messages before they feel less than useful?
Rogan welcomes them with humor and tough love. That’s the Alpha Male approach, and it means the Spotify superstar will keep attracting both men and women to his signature showcase.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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UFC president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-white-tells-ufc-sponsor-go-f-yourself-when-asked-to-delete-social-media-post-about-trumphttps://www.dailywire.com/news/dana-white-tells-ufc-sponsor-go-f-yourself-when-asked-to-delete-social-media-post-about-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White</a> shut down a reporter over the weekend who questioned White about allowing his fighters — in this case, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufc-fighter-delivers-a-masterclass-in-how-to-deal-with-the-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sean Strickland</a> — to speak their minds on hot-button topics, such as LGBT issues.
&#8220;You obviously give a long leash to your fighters about what they can say when they are up there with the UFC microphone, and you are getting into territory of homophobia, transphobia; like is there —,&#8221; the reporter started, before White interrupted him.
&#8220;I don’t give anybody a leash. A leash? Free speech,&#8221; White responded. &#8220;To control what people say? To tell people what to believe? I don’t tell any other f***ing human being what to say, what to think, and there’s no &#8216;leashes&#8217; on any of them.&#8221;
&#8220;What is your question?&#8221; White stated bluntly. The reporter answered timidly, &#8220;I was asking that question. I&#8217;ll move on though.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, probably a good idea,&#8221; White shot back. &#8220;That&#8217;s ridiculous to say I give somebody a &#8216;leash.&#8217; Free speech, brother. People can say whatever they want and they can believe whatever they want.&#8221;
White went on to illustrate his point that everyone can have their own views at the UFC, noting that two gay female fighters sat on a stage alongside Strickland following the fighter&#8217;s comments. &#8220;They could give a s*** what Sean Strickland thinks, or what he says, or what his beliefs are, or what his opinions are. Ya know what I mean?&#8221;
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Strickland was asked before his weekend fight in Canada about a years-old social media post the reporter suggested was homophobic. Strickland, in turn, asked the reporter if he would be upset if his son were gay and therefore unable to give him biological grandchildren. The reporter said it would not matter to him, and Strickland responded, &#8220;Well then you’re a weak f***ing man. You’re part of the f***ing problem.&#8221;
&#8220;You elected Justin Trudeau,&#8221; the fighter continued, before referencing the nation&#8217;s draconian lockdown measures. &#8220;When he seized the bank accounts, like you’re just f***ing pathetic. The fact that you have no f***ing backbone and as he shut down your f***ing country and seized bank accounts, you ask me some stupid s*** like that.&#8221;
&#8220;Go f*** yourself,&#8221; Strickland said. &#8220;Move the f*** on man.&#8221;
The fighter later mentioned that transgenderism was considered a mental illness before it became a political football for the Left. &#8220;The world is not saying, &#8216;You&#8217;re right, chicks have d***s,&#8221; Strickland mocked. &#8220;The world is saying, &#8216;No, there are two genders.'&#8221;
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Idk who this guy is and I don&#39;t care but you&#39;re not a man&#8230; But you&#39;d take that as a compliment&#8230;.. <a href="https://t.co/PMR1h4Yp7K">pic.twitter.com/PMR1h4Yp7K</a>
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It was just a few days ago that a Republican lawmaker from South Carolina named Nancy Mace <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MattWalshBlog/videos/im-embarrassed-by-this-moment-from-nancy-mace/253191271140537/">invoked</a> the invented concept of &#8220;white privilege&#8221; in a congressional hearing. She was supposedly trying to put Hunter Biden in his place by saying that he&#8217;s the beneficiary of &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; because he can ignore subpoenas without suffering any consequences. But as I explained on the show at the time, all Nancy Mace did was legitimize the Left&#8217;s framing, which is fundamentally anti-white and fraudulent. Hunter Biden does not benefit from his skin color. He benefits from the fact he&#8217;s the son of the president of the United States. Everyone knows that.
So all Nancy Mace accomplished was reinforcing a false narrative that demonizes millions of white people, and accuses them of having unearned privilege simply because they were born with a certain skin color. She also derailed the entire hearing by allowing Democrats like AOC to harp on their own personal definitions of &#8220;white privilege.&#8221;
As counterproductive and idiotic as Nancy Mace&#8217;s stunt was, it does need to be said that it wasn&#8217;t that surprising. Nancy Mace isn&#8217;t exactly a staunch, far-right conservative. She raised money for Liz Cheney, came out in support of the so-called &#8220;LGBTQ movement,&#8221; and voted to hold former Trump adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress. This is the track record of someone you might expect to adopt the Left&#8217;s narrative on &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; because she&#8217;s adopted so many of the Left&#8217;s other narratives.
The much bigger issue is that Nancy Mace is just one example of a larger problem in the Republican Party — one that affects politicians we&#8217;re told are considerably smarter, and more right-of-center, than Nancy Mace.
<h4><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-1297-ufc-fighter-delivers-a-masterclass-in-how-to-deal-with-the-media-member-exclusive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show</a></h4>
Take Matt Gaetz, for example. Gaetz obviously doesn&#8217;t comply with the Left&#8217;s new speech codes. He publicly humiliated Mark Milley, who was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff at the time, for teaching soldiers about &#8220;white rage.&#8221; He also led the effort to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy because he wasn&#8217;t sufficiently committed to the &#8220;America First&#8221; movement. All this is to say, Matt Gaetz is the last person you&#8217;d expect to pull a Nancy Mace and start adopting the Left&#8217;s framing on identity politics.
But this week, that&#8217;s exactly what Matt Gaetz did.
Appearing on Newsmax, Gaetz began talking about Donald Trump&#8217;s big win in the Iowa Caucuses. And he said that, based on his experience on the ground in Iowa, Trump is attracting more &#8220;diverse&#8221; voters, meaning voters who aren&#8217;t white. And Matt Gaetz presented this as a good thing. Here&#8217;s how he phrased it:
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“For every Karen we lose, there’s a Julio and a Jamaal ready to sign up for the MAGA movement. That abodes well for our ability to be diverse and durable.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/fslOPui91c">pic.twitter.com/fslOPui91c</a>
&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1747995588627489024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“For every Karen we lose, there’s a Julio and a Jamaal ready to sign up for the MAGA movement.” If we decode the language there, Matt Gaetz is saying that in the freezing tundra of Iowa, he apparently didn&#8217;t see a lot of white women. But he did see tons of Hispanics and black people coming out for Donald Trump. They were presumably waving their MAGA flags around in the blizzard conditions or whatever.
Even if you pretend that&#8217;s true, which it clearly isn&#8217;t, the language Matt Gaetz used in that clip tells you a lot. No Republican, Matt Gaetz included, would ever dream of speaking this way about black voters in the reverse. You aren&#8217;t going to hear Gaetz say of black voters who don&#8217;t vote Republican (which is the vast majority): &#8220;Oh we don&#8217;t need those Jamals. We&#8217;ve got plenty of white people to take their place.&#8221; He&#8217;s only going to talk like that about white women, or &#8220;Karens,&#8221; as he calls them.
Here is a Republican who is even considered (wrongly, I think) to be &#8220;far right&#8221; who has entirely adopted the Left&#8217;s anti-white rhetoric and racial double standards. That&#8217;s how pervasive this stuff is. He&#8217;s happy to attack &#8220;Karens,&#8221; but he&#8217;d never do the same in reverse, because then he&#8217;d be called a racist. And he can&#8217;t have that.
The other remarkable thing about this clip is how it inverts all of the conservative arguments we&#8217;ve been hearing for the past several years. We went from Democrats denying that the Great Replacement was happening, to admitting it and saying it&#8217;s good, to Republicans also agreeing that it&#8217;s good and advocating for a Great Replacement in their own party. But along with being objectionable, this is also politically suicidal. It actually isn&#8217;t at all even close to true that for every white female voter Republicans lose, they&#8217;re replacing her with a black voter. White women still support Republicans in far, far greater numbers than black males. It&#8217;s not even close. As Ann Coulter has pointed out many times, the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/21/trump-white-voters-support-418420">only group</a> Trump lost ground with in 2020 was white people — specifically <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-support-demographics-white-men-exit-poll-1545144">white men</a>. And yet Republicans have apparently decided that the key to victory is to pander for the minority vote while alienating their key constituency.
Whatever explains this self-defeating embrace of identity politics among conservatives, it&#8217;s definitely catching on. It&#8217;s not just Nancy Mace and Matt Gaetz doing it. In that same hearing where Nancy Mace talked about &#8220;white privilege,&#8221; Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed that Hunter Biden was afraid of her because she&#8217;s a strong, independent woman. Watch:
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She actually said that, as if it was some kind of devastating insult. &#8220;He&#8217;s not afraid because he&#8217;s a criminal; he&#8217;s afraid because we&#8217;re girlbosses.&#8221; That&#8217;s the idea. It&#8217;s hard to think of a better way to torpedo the case against Hunter Biden than to use lines like this. When you have a strong case against someone, you don&#8217;t say they&#8217;re afraid because you&#8217;re a woman. You say they&#8217;re afraid because of the damning facts and evidence you&#8217;ve assembled. This is the exact opposite of what Republicans should have done in this hearing, but one after another, they did it. They kept commiting to these vapid displays of identity politics, over and over again.
And it&#8217;s not just confined to that one hearing, or to Matt Gaetz interviews. By now we&#8217;re all familiar at this point with Nikki Haley&#8217;s constant use of identity politics during this campaign. In case you somehow missed it, here&#8217;s a mercifully short clip to show you what I&#8217;m talking about:
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Just like the remarks from Nancy Mace or Marjorie Taylor Greene or Matt Gaetz, this is totally indistinguishable from something AOC might say. It&#8217;s the most cliched form of gender politics imaginable. It&#8217;s not just stupid. It adopts the Left&#8217;s narrative that immutable characteristics — like skin color or gender — matter more than anything else. This is a narrative that has cost millions of people jobs, college admissions, contracting jobs, federal financial assistance, and so on. It has been a disaster for this country and it needs to stop. Instead of saying that, Republicans are embracing it. They&#8217;re reinforcing it at every opportunity.
Why is this happening? It&#8217;s possible that we&#8217;re seeing yet another cynical attempt to win over voters. Maybe that&#8217;s the explanation. But if that&#8217;s the case, it&#8217;s obviously a bad idea. You might remember that Donald Trump devoted years of his presidency to pushing something called &#8220;The First Step Act,&#8221; which Matt Gaetz promoted. The Trump team even ran a Super Bowl ad featuring a drug trafficker that Trump let out of prison. The idea, according to Trump&#8217;s inner circle, was to improve the GOP&#8217;s voting share among black Americans. Of course it didn&#8217;t work. Black voters in 2020 did what they&#8217;ve done in every modern election, which is vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. Trump got basically the same percentage of the black vote that George W. Bush did back in 2004. 
So if identity politics is a ploy for votes, it doesn&#8217;t seem likely to work. Identity politics from the Right doesn&#8217;t appear to convince anyone. But if you take a few steps back, it&#8217;s not hard to see that identity politics is just one part of a much larger problem among conservatives. Increasingly, conservatives are embracing the narratives of the Left, wholesale, even when they&#8217;re complete lies. We saw that when Nikki Haley mourned the death of George Floyd. She immediately bought the official narrative, and then she went on to say — as American cities were burning down — that George Floyd&#8217;s death needed to be &#8220;personal and painful for every American.&#8221; We also saw this from Mitt Romney, who marched with BLM, and even chanted their slogans. 
And just the other day, we saw something similar from Ron DeSantis at a CNN town hall. Watch as CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer asks DeSantis a question that&#8217;s premised on a completely false narrative. And then notice that Ron DeSantis doesn&#8217;t push back at all:
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DeSantis wasn’t briefed on the border hoax?
He immediately assumes that CNN is telling the truth, when they were lying. Smearing innocent Texas who are defending this country and the border.
I can’t believe it. How did DeSantis not know this! 
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&mdash; Cernovich (@Cernovich) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cernovich/status/1747708528327033304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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As Mike Cernovich pointed out on X, this is completely inexcusable. CNN is flat-out lying about what happened. And in response, maybe because no one briefed him on this, DeSantis just accepts the premise, which originated from the Biden White House, even though it was completely wrong. What happened is that the White House originally claimed that quote, &#8220;a woman and two children drowned near Eagle Pass, and Texas officials blocked U.S. Border Patrol from attempting to provide emergency assistance.” That was the report that millions of people heard from CBS News, which broadcast the narrative first.
But shortly afterwards, Joe Biden&#8217;s DOJ contradicted that version of events entirely. As Fox&#8217;s Bill Melugin pointed out, the DOJ made it clear that quote, &#8220;The migrants had already drowned at 8 p.m., and the Border Patrol didn’t inform Texas until an hour later at 9 p.m. &#8230; The DOJ now confirms, those migrants had been deceased for an hour before Texas was even alerted about it.&#8221;
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So it&#8217;s just like the false claims that the Border Patrol had &#8220;whipped&#8221; illegal migrants, as Bill Melugin pointed out. The narrative is just a total lie, as the Biden administration itself admitted. But even after the DOJ admitted that, CNN asked Ron DeSantis about it on the debate stage. And everyone pretended it was true. It&#8217;s embarrassing for the DeSantis campaign, for CNN, and for everyone else involved in this moment. But even if the narrative were true — even if illegal migrants had died who could have been saved — it still wouldn&#8217;t mean anything. It would be one anecdote that doesn&#8217;t tell us anything about immigration policy more generally. But the point is that conservatives reflexively accept the version of events they&#8217;re given. They don&#8217;t define the narrative. They just play along with the narrative they&#8217;re given. The fact that it&#8217;s getting harder and harder to find exceptions to this rule is not a good sign for the modern conservative movement.
But the other day, we saw one of these rare exceptions, courtesy of UFC fighter Sean Strickland. Strickland is an American who just arrived in Toronto for the UFC fights this weekend. Here&#8217;s how he handled a member of the Canadian press, who tried to corner him with the same kind of dumb gotcha questions that you&#8217;ve heard a million times before. Watch:
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Idk who this guy is and I don&#39;t care but you&#39;re not a man&#8230; But you&#39;d take that as a compliment&#8230;.. <a href="https://t.co/PMR1h4Yp7K">pic.twitter.com/PMR1h4Yp7K</a>
&mdash; Sean Strickland (@SStricklandMMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SStricklandMMA/status/1747734279516250446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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How many conservative politicians could hold their ground in a situation like that, and affirm — in the face of an &#8220;ally&#8221; of the LBGTQIA+ community — that transgenderism is a mental illness? You could probably count the number on one hand, if that.
Notice how Sean Strickland doesn&#8217;t even remotely accept the premise of this hack&#8217;s questions. He doesn&#8217;t concede that he was wrong to speak his mind, or to think unapproved thoughts. Instead he immediately identifies the &#8220;reporter&#8221; as a propagandist and laughs in his face. And he reaffirms what he said before, because it&#8217;s what he believes is true. And then afterwards — at his second press conference in Toronto, after there had been a full media cycle about this, and Canada&#8217;s state press had labeled him a bigot — what did Sean Strickland do? Watch:
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Real Canadians love Sean Strickland. <a href="https://t.co/qRZiklCRAf">pic.twitter.com/qRZiklCRAf</a>
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You can hear the crowd loves it. At one point a guy runs up to the stage to shake his hand. So he doesn&#8217;t back down, and everyone in the audience recognizes that and appreciates it. He makes a mockery of the people who wanted him to cower and apologize — and there were a lot of them in Canada, particularly in the media. He makes it clear that hate speech isn&#8217;t real, which is bold to say in Canada, where transphobia can get you charged with a crime. There you have a UFC fighter who&#8217;s a more vocal supporter of freedom of speech than pretty much any conservative politician in America. You won&#8217;t find him talking about &#8220;white privilege&#8221; or &#8220;strong conservative women.&#8221; This is what resonates now.
If the Republican Party wants to win elections, this is the path it needs to take. If they reject the Left&#8217;s obsession with skin color and gender and homosexuality, then voters will respond. We don&#8217;t need another &#8220;First Step Act,&#8221; or any pandering to stereotypes like Julio and Jamaal. We need politicians who are capable of acting like normal people.
If a UFC fighter can do it, there&#8217;s no reason the leaders of the Republican Party can&#8217;t.

UFC 297 Press Conference

UFC Fighter Delivers A Masterclass In How To Deal With The Media

Leftists

Matt Gaetz

Matt Walsh

Nancy Mace

Propaganda

UFC CEO and President Dana White said he told one of the sponsors for his mixed martial arts organization to &#8220;go f*** yourself&#8221; when directed by the unnamed company to remove a post on his personal social media account that included former President Donald Trump.
&#8220;One of our big sponsors called and said, take that down,&#8221; White said during an <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvLRcc_R4M" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> with comedian and podcaster Theo Von. &#8220;You know what I said? Go f*** yourself.&#8221;
&#8220;You vote for whoever you want to vote for, and I&#8217;ll vote for whoever I want to vote for,&#8221; White continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s how this works. I don&#8217;t even care who you&#8217;re voting for. It&#8217;s none of my f***ing business. F*** you. Don&#8217;t ever f***ing call me and tell me who to vote for.&#8221;
White — a longtime friend and supporter of Trump — has made numerous public appearances with the former Republican president at UFC events. White even spoke on Trump&#8217;s behalf at the 2016 Republican National Convention before Trump won the presidential election.
White and Trump were most recently seen on November 11 at Madison Square Garden for UFC 295, walking alongside Kid Rock and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
If any UFC sponsors object to White&#8217;s longstanding friendship with Trump, the UFC owner said such companies would receive the same response.
&#8220;I&#8217;m at a point now in my life and my career where I want to be with people that I&#8217;m aligned with,&#8221; White said. &#8220;It&#8217;s not just about the money. It is about the money because it&#8217;s a sponsorship deal, but it&#8217;s not just [about the money]. I&#8217;m not going to take a bigger offer if it&#8217;s not something that I am aligned with and I don&#8217;t 100 percent believe in.
&#8220;When you do a sponsorship deal with somebody, you have to look deep into who they are and who&#8217;s running the company, who&#8217;s making the decisions, and are you aligned?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s like this whole Bud Light deal — people are talking s*** now, sellout and all this,&#8221; White said. &#8220;Believe me, I&#8217;m the furthest f***ing thing from a sellout. Bud Light is the right move for me.&#8221;
Last month, UFC <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ufc-partners-with-anheuser-busch-to-make-bud-light-its-official-beer-after-transgender-backlash" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a multi-year sponsorship deal with Anheuser-Busch, making Bud Light the new official beer of the mixed martial arts organization. The announcement comes after Bud Light faced months of declining sales following its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and the company&#8217;s subsequent failed attempts to quell the backlash.
&#8220;They&#8217;re exactly who I want to be with right now and we are very aligned as far as core values go,&#8221; he said, noting the company employs tens of thousands of Americans, partners with U.S. farmers, and works with veterans and first responders.
&#8220;Those are you that are hardcore — some of you are fanatical on this s***,&#8221; White said. &#8220;You guys think you&#8217;re all looking for an apology. I&#8217;m not going to f***ing apologize to you.&#8221;
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this report.

US-POLITICS-TRUMP

Dana White Tells UFC Sponsor ‘Go F*** Yourself’ When Asked To Delete Social Media Post About Trump

Bud Light

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> announced this week that it is partnering with Anheuser-Busch to make controversial beer brand Bud Light the new official beer of the mixed martial arts organization.
The announcement comes after Bud Light has faced months of declining sales following its partnership with controversial transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney and the company&#8217;s subsequent failed attempts to quell the backlash.
&#8220;Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light were UFC’s original beer sponsors more than fifteen years ago. I’m proud to announce we are back in business together,&#8221; UFC CEO Dana White <a href="https://www.anheuser-busch.com/newsroom/ufc-and-anheuser-busch-announce-multiyear-partnership" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a press release this week. &#8220;There are many reasons why I chose to go with Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light, most importantly because I feel we are very aligned when it comes to our core values and what the UFC brand stands for. I’m looking forward to all of the incredible things we will do in the years ahead.&#8221;
Bud Light will become the &#8220;Official Beer Partner of UFC&#8221; when the partnership goes into effect on January 1, 2024, and will bring &#8220;fans with 360-degree programming, including custom social and digital content, broadcast integration, on-site presence, and more.&#8221;
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&#8220;Anheuser-Busch and Bud Light have always been on the cutting edge of iconic sporting moments that fans remember forever, and reuniting with UFC is a continuation of this industry leading legacy,&#8221; said Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch. &#8220;As one of the largest and longest standing sport sponsors, we are excited to work with UFC to celebrate our passionate fans while always making a positive impact in communities across America.&#8221;
Bud Light will now replace Modelo as the UFC&#8217;s official beer. Modelo took over the top spot as the most sold beer in the U.S. after Bud Light partnered with Mulvaney back in the Spring.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/anheuser-busch-inbev-market-value-plunges-further-staggering-27-billion-drop-since-mulvaney-fiasco-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anheuser-Busch InBev Market Value Plunges Further, Staggering $27 Billion Drop Since Mulvaney Fiasco</a>

Bud Light Hotel Presents UFC Exhibition

UFC Partners With Anheuser-Busch To Make Bud Light Its ‘Official Beer’ After Transgender Backlash

UFC Partners With Anheuser-Busch To Make Bud Light Its 'Official Beer' After Transgender Backlash

Social Issues

U.S.

UFC President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-f-america-what-we-can-learn-from-dana-whites-stand-against-cancel-culture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White</a> announced on Saturday that he had given his employees free tickets to see the movie &#8220;Sound of Freedom&#8221; — based on a true story about human trafficking.
White shared a video explaining that he had offered his staff the chance to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sound-of-freedom-takes-top-spot-at-box-office-on-fourth-of-july" target="_blank" rel="noopener">see the film</a>, and challenged other executives to do the same for their own employees. &#8220;YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE @SOFMovie2023,&#8221; White captioned the video he shared on Twitter.
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YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE <a href="https://twitter.com/SOFMovie2023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SOFMovie2023</a> <a href="https://t.co/vQ1ThcqW5d">pic.twitter.com/vQ1ThcqW5d</a>
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&#8220;Hey, everybody, I&#8217;m Dana White,&#8221; he began. &#8220;There&#8217;s a new movie out called &#8216;The Sound of Freedom,&#8217; and it&#8217;s about human trafficking. More importantly, it&#8217;s about the trafficking of children. This is a disgusting, horrific issue that&#8217;s happening all around the world, and it&#8217;s not getting better, it&#8217;s getting worse.&#8221;
&#8220;What I&#8217;m going to do, is I&#8217;m going to give any of my UFC employees that want to see this movie free tickets to go see it, and I would like to encourage other executives to do the same at their companies,&#8221; he continued.
White then shared video of actor Mel Gibson — who has been promoting the film from the beginning — explaining why he believed the movie was so important.
&#8220;One of the most disturbing problems in our world today is human trafficking, and particularly the trafficking of children,&#8221; Gibson said. &#8220;Now, the first step in eradicating this crime is awareness. Go see &#8216;Sound of Freedom.'&#8221;
The film <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sound-of-freedom-film-based-on-a-true-story-exposes-horror-of-human-trafficking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stars Jim Caviezel</a> – who played the role of Jesus in Gibson&#8217;s &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221; — as Tim Ballard, a federal agent who quit his job to save a young girl from sex slavery in South America.
&#8220;After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child traffickers, a federal agent learns the boy’s sister is still captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death,&#8221; a press release stated.

UFC 290: Whittaker v Du Plessis

UFC President Gave His Employees Free Tix To ‘Sound Of Freedom,’ Encourages Others To Do The Same

UFC President Gave His Employees Free Tix To 'Sound Of Freedom,' Encourages Others To Do The Same

Human Trafficking

Jim Caviezel

Mel Gibson

Movies

Former President Donald Trump entered the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Saturday night to a roaring crowd, meeting with numerous celebrities and even a victorious fighter at UFC 290. 
UFC President Dana White accompanied Trump to his seat, high-fiving supporters before the main event. South African fighter Dricus Du Plessis was also recorded greeting the former president after he defeated Robert Whittaker in round 2. 
Throughout the night, Trump was <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-guy-fieri-mel-gibson-ufc-las-vegas-1811767" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photographed</a> with podcast host Joe Rogan, <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1677874818325049346" target="_blank" rel="noopener">director</a> Mel Gibson, and even celebrity chef Guy Fieri, host of Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” Podcast host Benny Johnson captioned a <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1677870801763090432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1677870801763090432%7Ctwgr%5E422db6b3572c33bb034b7c43f5b09ed8045d2bad%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fdonald-trump-guy-fieri-mel-gibson-ufc-las-vegas-1811767" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photo</a> of the former president with Fieri, “Trump in Flavor Town,” referring to the celebrity chef&#8217;s nickname, the &#8220;Mayor of Flavortown.&#8221; 
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And the crowd goes absolutely wild for <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://t.co/rToI1XogN1">pic.twitter.com/rToI1XogN1</a>
&mdash; Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RichardGrenell/status/1677866725780627456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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HAPPENING NOW🔥🔥🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/danawhite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@danawhite</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/dricusduplessis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dricusduplessis</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC290?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFC290</a> <a href="https://t.co/WQcoaSB6OC">pic.twitter.com/WQcoaSB6OC</a>
&mdash; Dan Scavino Jr.🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanScavino/status/1677883281583243264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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UFC 290 is the <a href="https://www.ufc.com/ifw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">headline</a> event of International Fight Week, which began on July 3 and ends Sunday. Trump and White are known to be friends, with White speaking at the Republican National Convention in <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dana+white+2016+rnc&amp;oq=dana+white+2016+rnc&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigAdIBCDMxNDZqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&amp;vld=cid:4906e8ee,vid:NWRegLnAXAs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhZ9gT8LHc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020</a> to support Trump. The former president is a frequent spectator at UFC events, attending UFC 287 in <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/08/president-donald-trump-attends-ufc-287-miami-cageside-dana-white-kid-rock/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">April</a> and inspiring a “USA!” <a href="https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1644900888245403648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1644900888245403648%7Ctwgr%5Ea5c607a03bc401e3225d5e75a00ea297fe34fc71%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tmz.com%2F2023%2F04%2F08%2Fpresident-donald-trump-attends-ufc-287-miami-cageside-dana-white-kid-rock%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chant</a>. In 2019, as president, Trump <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2019/11/02/ufc-244-donald-trump-mixed-reaction-protesters-outside-msg/4143658002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attended</a> a UFC event at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 
Hours before the fight Saturday, Trump delivered a 40-minute speech at Calvary Chapel in Las Vegas where he <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/09/trump-warns-biden-gloves-are-off-in-speech-before-attending-ufc-290/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> about the direction of the country and told President Joe Biden that the “gloves are off.” 
“I wouldn’t have said this three weeks ago. I wouldn’t have said it. I was actually very kind to him,” Trump said. “I was very kind to him, but now we can’t be kind anymore because the gloves are off. The jar has been opened … He’s totally compromised.”
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Trump also called Biden “corrupt” and “incompetent” and said the issues like immigration, crime, and the economy have become much worse under the Biden administration. Likely referencing recent accusations and the House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-president-is-compromised-comer-says-biden-family-brokered-over-40m-worth-of-foreign-deals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a> into the Biden family’s overseas business dealings, Trump claimed the president has “taken millions of dollars from other countries like China.”
“I don’t like doing the same word for two people,” Trump said regarding his “Crooked Hillary” nickname for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “We’re using the word crooked for Joe Biden because Joe Biden is the most crooked president in the history of our country by a factor of hundreds. He’s a crook.” 
President Trump lost Nevada in <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/nevada" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2016</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-nevada.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020</a> by less than three points but hasn&#8217;t written the state off for 2024.
“We have a big job to do. This has been a hard state. I really believe it’s a Republican state,” Trump said.

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UFC Irish fighter <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/conor-mcgregor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor</a> has been accused of &#8220;violently&#8221; sexually assaulting a woman inside a men&#8217;s bathroom at the Kaseya Center in Florida last week during Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets.
The incident allegedly happened after the Nuggets defeated the Heat on June 9, according to demand letters sent to McGregor obtained by TMZ Sports.
In the letters, attorney Ariel Mitchell claims NBA and Miami Heat security aided the attack by separating the unnamed woman from her friend and forcing her into a restroom where McGregor and a personal security guard were waiting.
&#8220;Security refused to let [the woman] exit or allow anyone else, including her friend, inside the bathroom,&#8221; Mitchell wrote, adding that McGregor allegedly appeared from inside a wheelchair-accessible stall &#8220;and shoved his tongue in the victim&#8217;s mouth and aggressively kissed her.&#8221;
The letters further stated the woman told the 34-year-old fighter she had to urinate, which helped remove him from her. However, the letters claim McGregor forced the woman to have oral sex with him, grabbed and pinned her against the bathroom wall, and attempted to &#8220;sodomize her.&#8221;
At that point, Mitchell wrote in the letters that the woman repeatedly elbowed the former UFC Featherweight and Lightweight Champion, which helped her escape. As the woman fled the scene, she allegedly left her purse that McGregor&#8217;s security guards &#8220;held hostage&#8221; until she pleaded for them to return the personal belonging to her.
Two days later, the woman allegedly reported the assault to local authorities on Sunday morning, who encouraged her to seek legal representation.
The Miami Police Department told <a href="https://twitter.com/TMZ/status/1669433258671591425?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ that an investigation</a> into the matter is ongoing.
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Mitchell said the woman seeks settlements with the NBA, the Miami Heat, and McGregor.
Attorneys representing McGregor reportedly denied the allegations, adding that the mixed martial artist &#8220;will not be intimidated.&#8221;
Miami Heat officials on Thursday released a statement saying the basketball organization is aware of the allegations and would conduct a full investigation into the matter while the NBA is working with the team to gather more information.
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UFC officials addressed the allegations and said they would also work to gather more information.
&#8220;The organization is aware of the recent allegations regarding Conor McGregor and will continue to gather additional details regarding the incident,&#8221; UFC said in a statement published by TSN <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronbronsteter/status/1669426790362669056" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporter</a> Aaron Bronsteter. &#8220;UFC will allow the legal process to play out before making any additional statements.&#8221;
McGregor faced <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/conor-mcgregor-under-investigation-for-second-sexual-assault-accusation-per-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual assault allegations in 2019</a> after an Ireland woman claimed he assaulted her inside her vehicle outside a Dublin pub. In September 2020, authorities arrested the UFC fighter in Corsica on suspicion of attempted sexual assault and indecent exposure. He also faced a separate assault accusation in <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mma/news/conor-mcgregor-denies-assault-allegations-from-woman-on-his-yacht-last-summer-in-ibiza/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 2023</a>.
The alleged incident occurred during the same NBA Finals game where McGregor participated in a halftime skit that sent the Heat&#8217;s mascot &#8220;Burnie&#8221; to the emergency room after he punched the person inside the costume multiple times while promoting his TIDL Sport recovery spray.

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In the wake of the brutal left hook former UFC champion Conor McGregor threw that wound up sending the Miami Heat mascot to the hospital, UFC president Dana White slammed the mascot for initiating the incident.
McGregor was standing at midcourt during Game 4 of the NBA finals between the Heat and the Denver Nuggets to promote his cryotherapy pain relief spray TIDAL when the mascot, “Burnie,” ran up to him wearing boxing gloves as a stunt. McGregor first leveled the mascot with one left hook, then hit him with another as the mascot lay on the ground.
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🇺🇸🥊 FLASH | Conor <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/McGregor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#McGregor</a> a mis K.O la mascotte du Miami Heat dans un combat scénarisé, lors du match 4 des finales NBA vendredi. L’individu a été transporté aux urgences à cause de la violence des coups.<a href="https://t.co/0fSkmejLhg">pic.twitter.com/0fSkmejLhg</a>
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The man behind the Miami Heat’s mascot was reportedly taken to the emergency room after being punched by Conor McGregor last night 😬 
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“I saw the Deontay Wilder one, too,” White reacted, referencing the 2018 incident in which Wilder floored an ESPN Nacion mascot. The ESPN mascot got hit after Wilder, then 40-0 and nicknamed “The Bronx Bomber,” was allegedly unaware that the boxing idea was a joke.
“What&#8217;s up with mascots wanting to get punched in the face by professional fighters?” he continued. “What do you expect? I mean, what are those mascot things made out of? Unless you&#8217;re like, the Golden Knights mascot — I don&#8217;t even know what the hell he wears, but I&#8217;m assuming it&#8217;s a metal helmet — I wouldn&#8217;t have professional fighters punching me in the face if I was a mascot. Doesn&#8217;t seem like the brightest thing in the world.”
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“That’s the Miami Heat toughness that we’re talking about,” Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra grinned. “They should have been allowed to, you know, take the first swing. We won’t reveal who that is, but he’s tough. You take a punch and get back up, and yeah, he’s not gonna miss any time.”
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Miami Heat&#39;s Erik Spoelstra tells the media that Burnie the mascot is fine after getting socked by Conor McGregor, and taking a trip to the hospital in Game 4 of the NBA Finals&#8230; 
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“One minute I’m doing an interview, and the next I look up there’s a big a** burrito to the right of me, waiting on me,” he <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/10/boxer-deontay-wilder-on-espn-mascot-punch-i-thought-there-was-going-to-be-more-cushion-1202486467/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “I didn’t hit no mascots [sic] or anything like that before and I said, ‘Yeah cool let’s make it happen.’ So once I got to select where I got to hit him, I told them: ‘I’m a head-hunter, I like to knock you out! I’m one of the hardest punchers in the world and I thought there was going to be more cushion or whatever. But when I hit him, it was like another opponent, it was crazy. They said I hit him on the chin. I think he was a little bit dazed at first.”
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Conor McGregor has joined elite company becoming the second fighter to send a mascot to hospital. Deontay Wilder did it last year! <a href="https://t.co/RlJcKgc5Gi">pic.twitter.com/RlJcKgc5Gi</a>
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TikTok celebrity and UFC promoter Hasbulla Magomedov was arrested on Sunday for violating traffic laws after blocking traffic and doing doughnuts on a main road with his entourage of friends after attending a wedding in the republic of Dagestan, Russia.
Hasbulla, 20, and six others were seen obstructing traffic by drifting in the middle of a highway with their vehicles in a video posted by Red Corner MMA. The video also showed him and his friends taken into custody and charged with administrative violations.
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Police in Dagestan arrested Hasbulla and some of his friends for violating traffic laws
According to Dagetan&#39;s Internal Affairs, Hasbulla and others drove out into the street and were interfering with other drivers. 
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Dagestan said on <a href="https://t.me/mvd_dagestan/3604" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a>, &#8220;Unbridled wedding fun in Dagestan is known to many and extends far beyond the borders of the republic.&#8221;
&#8220;In the absence of other types of entertainment, such a primitive option is still extremely popular – blocking roads, burning rubber, smashing cars against each other, and many other features that, in fact, have nothing to do with the celebration and holiday of the young,&#8221; the agency said.
“All participants of ‘wedding emotions,’ as they themselves call it, were taken to the police, and in relation to them, employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan drew up administrative protocols for all violations.&#8221;
Hasbulla, who rose to fame during the pandemic after posting clips of himself driving a motorized scooter and lecturing a kid riding a bicycle about COVID restrictions, stands just over 3 feet tall due to a form of dwarfism caused by a growth hormone deficiency that affected his height and voice.
Hasbulla&#8217;s Instagram account, which has amassed over 8 million followers, apologized for the incident following his arrest.
&#8220;We decided to hype a little bit,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;That won&#8217;t happen again, people. We apologise. We had to answer for it a little bit. I wasn&#8217;t driving either.&#8221;
Hasbulla&#8217;s official Twitter account has posted: &#8220;#FreeBulla.&#8221;
It was not immediately known if Hasbulla and his entourage would face any time in jail.

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Former UFC lightweight champion Tony Ferguson was arrested early Sunday for allegedly driving under the influence after crashing his truck into two parked cars outside a Hollywood nightclub.
Ferguson, 39, flipped his pickup truck on its side after the collision around 1:50 a.m., leaving one man transported to a local hospital in an unknown condition, according to <a href="https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ufc-fighter-tony-ferguson-arrested-in-hollywood-after-rollover-crash/">local media</a>.
Authorities told <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/07/ufc-fighter-tony-ferguson-truck-crash-flipped-over-arrest-dui/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TMZ</a> that Ferguson refused to take a field sobriety test and was &#8220;uncooperative.&#8221; Sources told TMZ Ferguson &#8220;reeked of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes,&#8221; as reported by the outlet.
MMA Fighting <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/5/7/23714442/tony-ferguson-arrested-for-dui-after-allegedly-crashing-into-two-cars-flipping-truck-in-hollywood">reported</a> online documents said Ferguson faces a misdemeanor DUI with bail set at $30,000 and has yet to be released. Ferguson also reportedly faces suspension of his license for refusing to cooperate with authorities&#8217; request for a field sobriety test.
Ferguson allegedly crashed into a Mercedes belonging to rapper Cash Gotti, according to his Instagram.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UPDATE</a> And now &#8211; confirmation by the LAPD, former Lightweight <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UFC</a> champion Tony Ferguson was arrested and booked for DUI following Hollywood crash. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABC7</a> <a href="https://t.co/ntu6fiIrgK">pic.twitter.com/ntu6fiIrgK</a>
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Ferguson began fighting in the UFC in 2011 and currently holds a 25-8 record. He has lost his last five fights, with his most recent defeat to Nate Diaz by submission last September. Other fighters Ferguson lost to include Justin Gaethje, Michael Chandler, Charles Oliveira, and Beneil Dariush.
Ferguson defeated Kevin Lee by submission in 2017 for the lightweight championship until losing the title shortly after due to an injury.
According to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/ufc/article-12056737/UFC-Tony-Ferguson-arrested-suspicion-drunk-driving-crashing-truck-two-cars.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Mail,</a> Ferguson&#8217;s wife, Christina Servin, filed a restraining order against him in 2019, citing allegations of &#8220;uncharacteristic behavior&#8221; traits like intense paranoia, sleep deprivation, and destruction of property. Servin also noted that she filed the restraining order so that he could focus on his mental health.
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Servin withdrew the order a month later.
&#8220;Tony Ferguson is a good husband and good father to our son,&#8221; Servin said in a 2019 statement, according to <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/07/ufc-fighter-tony-ferguson-arrested-for-dui-after-truck-flips/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a>. &#8220;The current legal proceedings are a part of a process to ensure that Tony will receive the help necessary to continue being the best possible, as well as to pursue his passion and career as a UFC champion fighter.&#8221;

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