Dana White’s Under Wraps Texts Reveal How Donald Trump Almost Missed UFC 299

Patrick Bet-David was joined by Adam Sosnick, Tom Ellsworth, and Vincent Oshana as they went on to discuss an interesting anecdote about Donald Trump at UFC 299 where he almost missed the tournament. UFC CEO Dana White has an interesting relationship with the former POTUS. White was immensely pleased about the fact that the former president has visited several UFC events in the past.

According to the PBD podcast, White and Trump had an interesting text conversation just hours before UFC 299 was supposed to start. The conversation and moment of adrenaline in anticipation of Trump’s appearance was nothing short of a movie scene.

Patrick Bet-David revealed an anecdote about Trump’s wild entrance

At the start of the podcast, Bet-David read out a news excerpt that stated that the former POTUS and presumptive GOP nominee for president in 2024, appeared in UFC 299 on Saturday night at Kaseya Center in Miami FL. The excerpt also said that the crowd went wild as he entered the stadium. But the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of how Trump was brought to the event, is one hell of a roller coaster ride. The PDB host narrated the story he found out from White backstage in UFC 299. He stated, “Dana says, ‘You won’t believe who texted me last night at 2:30 am’, I said ‘Who?’ He says, ‘Trump texts me at 2:30 and says ‘Look I’m in Georgia doing a rally…’”

The political commentator, entrepreneur, and author then went on to describe that again at 8:00 a.m. the next day Trump texted White that he was still trying to make it to the UFC 299. However, the former President was in Atlanta for a rally. So clearly there was no way for him to reach the tournament in time. The UFC CEO and his team were slowly getting stressed because it was 6:00 PM and the former President was still speaking from Atlanta.

Finally, just like a movie scene, Trump successfully came into the stadium at 10:00 and David says, “Anyway, you go to the fight, next thing you know 10:00 all of a sudden, the place goes wild.” This entrance was wild as the sold-out crowd cheered and hollered for Trump. The applause was thunderous as he made his entrance to the UFC 299 and he was seen being accompanied by Dana White, his long-time friend. The two eminent personalities have known each other for a long time, which is why Trump has been a common fixture at UFC events. How did this unlikely friendship come to be?

UFC 30: the reason for Dana White and Donald Trump’s friendship

Let’s go back 22 years ago and see what these two icons were up to. Most fans already know that UFC had struggled a lot to put up their initial events due to the obvious lack of funds. By the time it came to UFC 30, the promotion had been boosted to a lucrative position. Dana White decided to elect Trump’s noted property ‘The Trump Taj Mahal’, as the venue for UFC 30 championships.

They met as businessmen to negotiate the details of the event but ultimately became friends. Since then, the iconic duo has maintained a wholesome relationship. Former POTUS is a great fan of martial arts. This made Dana White an important friend and has also supported the president during his campaigns in the past.

This is the reason Trump never misses any UFC tournament if he can help it. What do you think about the two’s friendship?

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