{"id":1712,"date":"2026-06-18T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:41:32","slug":"fighter-reveals-what-he-whispered-in-trumps-ear-at-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1712","title":{"rendered":"Fighter Reveals What He Whispered in Trump\u2019s Ear at UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>UFC star Sean O\u2019Malley says he leaned in to tell Donald Trump he had \u201cknocked out a Canadian for you\u201d moments after flooring his opponent at the president\u2019s White House fight night.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1710\">Unhinged Trump, 80, Celebrates \u2018Brutal\u2019 Comparison to Hitler and Stalin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley, 31, stopped Canada\u2019s Aiemann Zahabi by second-round TKO at UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday, the event Trump staged on the South Lawn to mark his 80th birthday and\u2014prematurely\u2014the 250th anniversary of his country\u2019s independence. The win ended Zahabi\u2019s seven-fight streak.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Asked on <i>The Ariel Helwani Show<\/i>what he said to the president cageside, O\u2019Malley recalled: \u201cI said, \u2018Happy birthday, knocked out a Canadian for you.\u2019 I think that\u2019s what I said. People keep asking me what I said, and I\u2019m trying to recall.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He added that Trump\u2019s reply was: \u201cYou should get the bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president didn\u2019t get his wish. O\u2019Malley was passed over for a performance bonus despite his walk-off finish, in which he saluted the crowd before Zahabi had even hit the canvas. He told Helwani he was sure he\u2019d locked one up: \u201cI thought I had it locked in. I really did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UFC handed out a $400,000 Fight of the Night award and two $425,000 Performance of the Night bonuses on the night, but with all seven fights ending in knockouts, the promotion piled the money on the title fights\u2014giving both performance bonuses to main-event winner Justin Gaethje and co-main winner Ciryl Gane, and leaving O\u2019Malley with only a $25,000 knockout bonus.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1709\">Humbled Trump Admits Defeat in $100m Legal Vendetta Against Niece<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fight carried an unusual amount of weight, the fighter said. \u201cIt definitely felt a little bit different\u2026 because it was at the White House,\u201d he explained. \u201cI was fighting the only Canadian on the card, Trump\u2019s birthday, America\u2019s birthday, all these extra things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump watched cage-side in a white \u201cUSA\u201d hat and shook O\u2019Malley\u2019s hand after the fight. Zahabi had walked out to \u201cO Canada,\u201d and the crowd chanted \u201cUSA! USA!\u201d as the American fighter took the floor.<\/p>\n<p>It was a chaotic night outside the cage. Middleweight champion Sean Strickland turned up uninvited and was escorted from the Ellipse by U.S. Park Police, who said his \u201cunplanned presence\u201d caused \u201cdisorder.\u201d The main event saw Justin Gaethje upset lightweight champion Ilia Topuria.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Malley now wants a title shot against bantamweight champion Petr Yan. \u201cThat\u2019s who I want,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1707\">CNN Rolls Supercuts of Trump\u2019s Humiliating Surrender to Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC star Sean O\u2019Malley says he leaned in to tell Donald Trump he had \u201cknocked out a Canadian for you\u201d moments after flooring his opponent at the president\u2019s White House fight night. Read more Unhinged Trump, 80, Celebrates \u2018Brutal\u2019 Comparison to Hitler and Stalin O\u2019Malley, 31, stopped Canada\u2019s Aiemann Zahabi by second-round TKO at UFC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fighter Reveals What He Whispered in Trump\u2019s Ear at UFC - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=1712\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fighter Reveals What He Whispered in Trump\u2019s Ear at UFC - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC star Sean O\u2019Malley says he leaned in to tell Donald Trump he had \u201cknocked out a Canadian for you\u201d moments after flooring his opponent at the president\u2019s White House fight night. 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