Tonight, it really will be time to “Fight, fight, fight!” That’s because President-elect Donald Trump is expected to appear at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Saturday night for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.
The event marks a return to the venue where Trump staged a massive rally in October, which was marred by a comedian’s bad joke about Puerto Rico. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” an attempted reference to recent news accounts of Pacific ocean flotsam that appears to be growing.
Trump is a longtime friend of UFC President Dana White, and he has appeared before at UFC events, where it’s anticipated he will receive a strong welcome from a crowd that includes much of his base supporters.