After embracing President-elect Donald Trump, the Ultimate Fighting Championship chief executive said in an interview this week he won’t help future presidential campaigns, stating he “want[s] nothing to do with politics.

UFC President Dana White will not be continuing his efforts to support Donald Trump publicly now that the campaign has wrapped up. The UFC and its

Despite all of that success, White still seems to feel a deep repugnance to politics as a whole. White told the New Yorker that even though he was happy to play a role in helping Trump win back the White House, he’s done being involved in politics:

Dana White, the outspoken president of the UFC, has declared he is finished with politics following his active involvement in Donald Trumps campaign. Known for his unabashed support of the former president,

UFC 309 saw the return of heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who successfully returned from a 20-month layoff to defend his title with a third-round TKO of Stipe Miocic, who was coming off an even longer layoff of more than three-and-a-half years. The fight headlined the pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden in New York.

UFC CEO Dana White supported President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, including by speaking at both the RNC and Trump's election victory celebration.

Along with the then-Republican candidate’s aggressive new media strategy targeting “bro” podcasters, a strategy which a campaign source dubbed “Trump on steroids” at the time, White was credited with helping Trump court young male voters thanks to the UFC’s fan demographics.