{"id":1417,"date":"2026-06-14T16:38:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:38:37","slug":"ufc-insider-calls-bs-on-trumps-glory-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1417","title":{"rendered":"UFC Insider Calls BS on Trump\u2019s Glory Grab"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>A former executive at Dana White\u2019s UFC is accusing him of fabricating his story that Donald Trump saved the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1415\">Trump\u2019s Favorite Sports Commentator Challenges Live IQ Battle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>White has for years claimed that Trump single-handedly saved the UFC in 2001 when the mixed martial arts group, facing severe public backlash and financial turmoil in the early 2000s, held an event in Trump\u2019s former Atlantic City, New Jersey property, the Trump Taj Mahal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>But former executives from that era say Trump had nothing to do with the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former UFC Vice President of Production James Werme told Vanity Fair that Trump \u201cwasn\u2019t in the building, and I know that because I was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever seen a picture or video clip of Trump at the shows at Taj Mahal?\u201d he added. \u201cIf it existed, you would have seen it a million times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White, who insists he\u2019s not political despite appearing at several MAGA rallies, spoke at the 2016 Republican National Convention during which he claimed that mainstream arenas had entirely banned the UFC, after the late Sen. John McCain dubbed it \u201chuman cockfighting.\u201d He has maintained that it was Trump who offered his Atlantic City hotel as a venue when the company was in financial distress. <\/p>\n<p>But Werme has said that Trump actually had no involvement in the Atlantic City event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn all the meetings with the Taj Mahal hotel, arena, casino,\u201d Werme said. \u201cI never met, saw, or spoke with Donald Trump. He had no involvement nor did he attend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Werme has also said that the Trump Taj Mahal, which declared bankruptcy several times and permanently closed in 2016, had actually been used as a venue previously. Semaphore Entertainment Group, UFC\u2019s previous owner, had booked the venue for a 2000 event. He noted that the February 2001 show was even booked before White took over the organization.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1413\">Trump\u2019s MAGA Enemy Exposes His Age Anxiety at 80<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has seemingly bought into White\u2019s telling, declaring in the Oval Office earlier this year, \u201cThey couldn\u2019t get any arenas because it was so violent. I was able to give them the first four or five fights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But other executives, in addition to Werme, have also broken their silence on White\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFormer head of UFC PR here,\u201d Ant Evans wrote on X last month. \u201cTrump\u2019s name didn\u2019t appear in a single press release, one-sheet briefing, talking point, UFC-produced document, book, or piece of content before 2016 \u2026 [White\u2019s] narrative is simply false.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accusations come as White is set to host the \u201cUFC Freedom 250\u201d fight on Sunday, which just so happens to be Trump\u2019s 80th birthday. The brawl is a part of the MAGA-ified America 250 celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>An octagon has been built on the White House grounds, and the makeshift venue is expected to be able to hold 4,500 guests, far lower than Trump\u2019s wish for it to hold 20,000 spectators.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>White, whose company is expected to take a $30 million hit for hosting the fight, has said the spectacle will be \u201cthe greatest fight card ever assembled in the history of, at least, definitely this company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1411\">Trump\u2019s Birthday Unleashes a Flood of Awkward MAGA Adoration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former executive at Dana White\u2019s UFC is accusing him of fabricating his story that Donald Trump saved the organization. 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