A fighter at Donald Trump’s 80th birthday UFC fight took a moment at the White House to insult former First Lady Michelle Obama.
UFC fighter Josh Hokit, 28, who pretended to throw up on himself during the weigh-in after claiming he was ‘drinking’, told reporters: ‘Shout out to Trump for having the balls to put some s— like this on.
He added: ‘There’s only one person more incredible than the Incredible Hulk, and that’s my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.”
‘And lastly, Michelle Obama is a man! Am I right, America?’
The crowd laughed as he walked away from the microphone.
Earlier this year, the White House took down a racist video showing Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes.
White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told Metro at the time to ‘stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.’
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Trump’s ego-centric birthday bash also saw UFC champion Sean Strickland, who has been vocally critical of the President, escorted out of a viewing party.
He was filmed being surrounded by Secret Service, who escorted him to a black car and drove him away from the event.
The President and UFC chief Dana White walked together from the Oval Office to the White House balcony overlooking the giant open-sided arena, nicknamed ‘The Claw’, on the South Lawn.
The national anthem was then played as a formation of fighter jets streaked overhead, sparking a cheer from the crowd and chants of ‘USA, USA’.
Among the 4,000 guests in the custom-built venue was British heavyweight boxing star, Tyson Fury, wearing a Donald Trump for Prime Minister baseball hat.
Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg was also spotted speaking to the president during a break in the action.
Others with cage-side seats were FBI director Kash Patel, acting US attorney general Todd Blanche and speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson.
Sir Christian Turner, the UK’s ambassador to the US, posted an image of himself in attendance at the event on X, along with the caption: ‘Celebrating US250 the American way.’
Tens of thousands more watched the Freedom 250 bouts on a big screen in a park close to the White House, with some having travelled from across the country for the spectacle.
It made for some incongruous scenes with fighters pictured warming up inside the formal surroundings of the White House.
While the administration said the UFC would be covering the £45 million cost, official documents show seven agencies forked out money and resources for it.
They, including the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Aviation Administration, had ‘allocated significant resources and manpower’ to the controversial event, which was the subject of an unsuccessful legal challenge.
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