Trump expected to go to UFC match in NYC Saturday night, CNN has confirmed.

[Dennis Donovan]

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Jim Acosta ✔ @Acosta

Trump expected to go to UFC match in NYC Saturday night, CNN has confirmed.

2:29 PM - Nov 1, 2019

Any idea what kind of reception he'll get? I'm not super familiar with UFC or its fans.

2nd question I have is, how will this affect Manhattan traffic on Marathon Sunday? Is this going to create a clusterfuck?

[LakeArenal]

1. It will be very interesting. Hope he gets another ear opener.

[AJT]

4. It's a pretty rightwing event, both participants and crowd.

[customerserviceguy]

44. That's why he's going

so quickly on the heels of being booed at the Nationals' game. People who want to see two fighters trying to kill each other are most likely sympathetic to Republicon "values".

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. What's UFC? Ugly Face Contest?

Winning!

[dewsgirl]

9. Ultimate Fighting Championship.

[Disaffected]

24. How appropriate,

the orange blob will no doubt get off on it.

"FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM!!"

[dewsgirl]

25. I hope that crowd, although likely filled with RWNJ'S, surprises

us.

[True Blue American]

33. Talk about fake,

[dewsgirl]

34. I know, we would often be in the audience for TNA wrestling

and Roller Jam shows at Universal Studios. During the breaks they would check on one another and be laughing and buddy buddy with one another. No way will anyone ever convince me any of their rivalry is real.

[True Blue American]

47. It is well known

That wrestling is fake. That is why Trump likes it. Fake that he is.

[Turin_C3PO]

3. It's in NYC so hopefully he'll get boo'ed.

However, as an anecdote, the UFC fans I know tend to lean right-wing. So, who knows?

[bobbieinok]

5. A mixed martial group? Where people pay to see guys beat on each other?

[Dennis Donovan]

8. I think it's basically boxing without rules or puffy gloves?

[dewsgirl]

26. Yes, like cage fighting I think.

[edhopper]

6. That is so pathetic

that he had to find a sport where he would not get booed. And a barbaric one at that.

[docgee]

18. No kidding!

What a pathetic loser! He got a sad because he was booed, and now he needs his ego stroked.

[Brother Buzz]

7. In wrestling, booing is good, I think, but this is MMA so who knows

[Midnight Writer]

10. Maybe Trump will get in the ring like he did for WWE. When will this reality show jump the shark?

They are obviously running out of story lines.

[Celerity]

31. even the worst UFC fighter would literally end his life in the 'ring', it's hardcore brutal and real

[bullwinkle428]

11. I called this a "DO-OVER" the other night when it was announced. He just wants

to be able to send out a "redemption Tweet" on Sunday morning, and declare victory over "teh libs".

[magicarpet]

35. Next weeks pResidential field trip....

..... feeding the dark complected ones to the lions tournament.

No thumbs up allowed - only thumbs down and at this specific moment booing is allowed and encouraged,... otherwise verboten during the entire event, unless sanctioned by the emperor.

Body guards, bouncers, and meat head goons will enforce proper discipline and respect for pResident trDump at this quasi- public quasi-political highly controlled event.

Bon appetite.

[Garrett78]

12. People who love and glorify violence...probably Trumpers, for the most part.

[Turin_C3PO]

17. Not necessarily.

I’ve known quite a few boxing fans who are liberal.

[Garrett78]

21. UFC seems to be especially gratuitous. But who knows.

[docgee]

19. I think wrestling would be like that, given the gullibility required to be entertained.

UFC I don't really know.

[underpants]

29. Masculinity is a staple of rightwing dictators

Remember, Trump actually did some wrestling on WWE

[True Blue American]

48. This?

[underpants]

49. Yep

[choie]

13. I'm sure he's going there specifically because

he thinks he’ll receive a standing ovation from right wing attendees in (but probably not from) his (formerly) home city. He’s a desperate, pathetic criminal.

[California_Republic]

14. Perfectly synonymous with his rallies

Looking for rally tips

[Bonhomme Richard]

15. Even though it is probably a right wing audience you...

can bet dollars to donuts that his people will stack the audience to make sure his ego is stroked. They are not going to leave anything to chance. He has probably been in a serious funk since getting the boo's on national TV.

[Dennis Donovan]

16. Yep, the WS boos crushed him so much he asked his aides what sporting event...

...might guarantee him a cheering crowd. Such a baby.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

20. UFC-The Human equivalent of a cock-fight

Put two people in a cage and let them beat the crap out of each other until one of them is senseless. Now THAT's entertainment. That's just Trump's type of event. He does love human suffering.

[underpants]

27. Yeah but it's quick and perfect for TV.

Just saying.

[OnDoutside]

22. Speaking of UFC related trash....

Conor McGregor convicted of assault in Dublin

Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor has pleaded guilty to one charge of assault after an altercation in a Dublin pub in April.

Footage of the incident released in August showed McGregor punching Desmond Keogh in the head at the Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh, south of the centre.

On Friday, the 31-year-old was convicted and fined 1,000 euros (£861).

The court heard Mr Keogh did not want to give a victim statement and that he had accepted an apology from McGregor.

McGregor was promoting his own brand of whiskey at the pub when the altercation took place on 6 April.

"It doesn't matter what happened there - I was in the wrong," he told ESPN in August. "That man deserved to enjoy his time in the pub without having it end the way it did."

The Irishman announced his retirement from the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) in March, but has since said he plans to make his return to the sport in January 2020.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50260195

[Submariner]

23. If there is the "throwing of chairs" like wrestling, then I'm tuning in

[malaise]

28. Fake sport, fake cheer

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fake president - what a fragile little wuss. Grow up MpFo - announce yourself at a football game and face the music. Anything you can do, others will do better.

[Blue_true]

38. It is not a fake sport, it is real and freaking vicious.

I won't be surprised if someone gets killed instantly in the ring one night.

[alittlelark]

30. The POTUS is going to a cage fight.

Can we sink much lower?

[Blue_true]

39. They don't fight in a cage. The ring is high, but not caged.

You maybe thinking of caged mixed martial arts (MMA).

Regardless, the sport is a vicious bloodlust sport. It likely attracts a overwhelmingly MAGA crowd.

[superpatriotman]

32. Could he attend a more Caesar-esque event

Gladiators.

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

[tulipsandroses]

36. I am sure he'll have a warm reception.I don't think he wants to risk getting booed again.

Too damaging. We know the polls are against him but he keeps saying he's up in the polls. Having back to back crowds booing him would be really bad optics.

Just like he did at the HBCU - invite his crowd. They are probably making sure its a Trump friendly audience.

[Blue_true]

41. The type of people that go to that stuff is heavily his type of crowd.

Frustrated people that dream of beating the shit out of anyone that crosses them, even mildly cross them.

[Blue_true]

37. That is likely his type of crowd. nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

40. Every UFC fan that I've met is a Republican.

That's been my personal experience, so it's a small sample size.

[jcgoldie]

46. Its the best he can do

Since Nascar is off for the winter.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. Twitter reply :

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[Dennis Donovan]

45. Ha!!

Good one!

[True Blue American]

50. Yeah, Acosta!:)

[hatrack]

43. Let's see, what's left where he won't be booed. . . tractor pulls and monster truck shows?

Maybe some gun shows?