Posted on 09/11/2021 11:18:00 PM PDT by conservative98
Vitor Belfort defeated Evander Holyfield via a first-round technical knockout on Saturday during their pay-per-view bout on Triller with former President Trump on commentary
Belfort nailed Holyfield with a brutal uppercut and the legendary boxer fell backward. The referee stopped the fight and awarded Belfort the victory.
Holyfield came into the fight at the last minute when Oscar De La Hoya was forced out of the bout when he contracted the coronavirus. Belfort had been preparing for De La Hoya but didn’t appear to be fazed by Holyfield’s presence. He thanked the Holyfield team for "stepping up" in the "Golden Boy’s" place.
Holyfield said after the fight he didn’t agree the fight should’ve been stopped so quickly.
Rapper 50 Cent, who was on the main broadcast, asked Holyfield if he would be interested in fighting Mike Tyson next.
"Of course, I would," Holyfield said.
It’s unclear what the next step was for Holyfield.
Belfort called out Jake Paul in his post-fight match. And a $30 million winner-take-all offer was made to Paul to fight Belfort on the broadcast.
Trump appeared on a separate alternative commentary for the Triller-hosted event. He was in the booth along with Donald Trump Jr., UFC star Jorge Masvidal and others.
In-ring announcer Michael Buffer recognized the president before the signing of the U.S. national anthem. He was met with plenty of cheers.
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As well they should.
The REAL Americans like him.
the signing of the U.S. national anthem.
new bucket list item: learn how to sign language the national anthem
After the first round it sounds like there was nothing left to do but hold a Trump rally!
I love my TRUE President - Donald Trump.
Trump is pretty clever about how social events, such as beauty pageants and boxing matches are run.
I’ll bet he had already sized up Holyfield as someone who would not (at his age) last more than three rounds, four at best, so may as well be prepared to dig in and enjoy a ‘spontaneous’ rally while surrounded by friends.
This has been a good 9/11 memorial day for Trump.
His meeting with the New York Cops seemed to really go well.
I’m sure he’s been kind of homesick for New York anyway.
No doubt deBlasio was ‘outraged’ when he got word about who was back in town.
Is Holyfield down to his last 3 brain cells, yet??
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