Former President Donald Trump received a warm welcome from the crowd as he made a surprise appearance at the UFC 287 mixed martial arts event in downtown Miami on Saturday. Trump sat ringside with Kid Rock, Mike Tyson, and Dana White at the Kaseya Center.

The crowd cheered in support of the former president, who has recently faced criminal charges stemming from hush money payments to an adult film star during the 2016 election. Despite these charges, for which Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, he appeared to be in good spirits as he enjoyed the event with his friends and supporters.

The UFC event was a night of exciting fights and memorable moments, with Trump’s appearance adding to the excitement. The former president has long been a fan of mixed martial arts and has attended several UFC events in the past. His presence at the event was a reminder of his continued popularity among many Americans.

Trump’s appearance at the UFC event comes at a time when he is facing legal challenges. However, for one night, he was able to put those challenges aside and enjoy an evening of sports and camaraderie with his friends and supporters.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.