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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11922275" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc" source="Orion">UFC</keyword> legend <keyword id="12291385" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chuck-liddell" source="Orion">Chuck Liddell</keyword> is in a Los Angeles jail with a $20,000 bail, according to jail records.</li><li>He was arrested on <keyword id="12137273" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="domestic-violence" source="Orion">domestic violence</keyword> charges early Monday, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/11/chuck-liddell-arrested-domestic-violence/?adid=social-twa">according to TMZ</a>.</li></ul>Chuck Liddell is currently in jail in Los Angeles with a $20,000 bail, according to jail records.<a href="https://www.tmz.com/2021/10/11/chuck-liddell-arrested-domestic-violence/?adid=social-twa">TMZ reported</a> the UFC legend was arrested on a domestic violence charge early Monday.The LA Sheriff's Department responded to a call at his home Monday morning, TMZ reported, and determined he had gotten into a physical argument with his wife.She didn't need medical attention, according to TMZ.Representatives for Liddell and his wife didn't immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment on Monday morning.This story is developing. Please check back for updates.

Former UFC fighter Chuck Liddell is in an LA jail and being held on $20,000 bail, reportedly on a domestic violence charge

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A former cage-fighting champion has been patrolling the streets of Southern California, urging people to stay calm.</li><li>Protesters gathered in Huntington Beach, a city near Los Angeles, just like others had protested in many cities throughout America after a black man died in police custody last month.</li><li>The former <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> champion <keyword id="2197942" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Chuck-Liddell">Chuck Liddell</keyword> can be seen on video de-escalating an "unruly crowd" and "breaking-up fights" a local news channel reported Monday.</li><li>Liddell told the news channel that "violence doesn't help anybody," adding: "Destroying cities does not do any good … protest all you want, but just do it peacefully."</li></ul>A former UFC champion can be seen on video de-escalating an angry crowd and "breaking-up fights" during a protest 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles.Protesters had gathered Monday in the southern Californian city Huntington Beach as part of a series of nationwide protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, a black man who died when a white Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for eight minutes on May 25.He was arrested and <a href="https://www.insider.com/derek-chauvin-in-custody-george-floyd-death-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter</a> last week.Chauvin's arrest did not end protests as there has been unrest in multiple cities throughout the States.One man trying to calm tensions is Chuck Liddell, an actor and retired mixed martial artist renowned for his sprawl and brawl fighting style, his 23 fights in the UFC, and his role in the hit HBO series "Entourage."ABC7, which is a Los Angeles news channel, <a href="https://abc7.com/fighter-chuck-liddell-works-to-calm-tensions-in-huntington-beach/6224231/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported that Liddell,</a> "walked around unruly crowds and encouraged people to stay calm … urging people to remain peaceful." Liddell said he was "disturbed" by events in Minneapolis.Liddell told the channel: "It's just terrible. Violence begets violence. Violence doesn't help anybody."We all know what happened was wrong. Everyone I know thinks it was wrong. It's hard to watch," he said. "But this does not help. Destroying cities, destroying people, hurting people does not do any good for anybody."Protest all you want, but just do it peacefully."Watch the news clip below:Liddell has also urged for calm on Twitter.On May 31 he quote-tweeted a reply to a disturbing video which appeared to show street violence, with one man kicked on the floor and left bloodied in a non-responsive state.The 50-year-old former UFC light heavyweight champion <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckLiddell/status/1266967626955149312" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: "This needs to stop! How does this serve justice for anyone?"Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/jon-jones-ufc-is-fighting-crime-during-george-floyd-protests-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A UFC champion took to the streets during the George Floyd protests to fight crime, making vandals surrender cans of spray paint</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/dereck-chisora-wont-box-oleksandr-usyk-without-fans-bellator-mma-2020-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One of boxing's biggest characters says he won't box without fans during the pandemic, will fight in Bellator MMA instead</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-matchroom-and-eddie-hearn-will-restart-boxing-during-coronavirus-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Britain's biggest fight promoter has launched an ambitious plan to bring elite boxing to his huge, multi-million dollar mansion — and Anthony Joshua wants to get involved</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/world-lethwei-championship-still-planning-2020-debut-in-the-us-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The world's most brutal fight firm is bringing its unique brand of violence to the US, and it involves head-butt knockouts</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-wants-to-make-1-billion-through-property-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Floyd Mayweather's new goal in life is to make $1 billion through property, doubling the money he made as a boxer, his right-hand man says</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/chuck-liddell-broke-up-fights-at-a-los-angeles-protest-2020-6">Insider</a>

A former UFC champion helped de-escalate an angry crowd and broke up fights during a protest near Los Angeles

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6359203" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wwe">WWE</keyword> guys cannot rely on physicality alone if they wanted to transition away from pro wrestling and compete in mixed martial arts.</li><li>Few athletes have had crossover success, and while Brock Lesnar left the WWE as a champion to reign as a champ in the <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword>, CM Punk left with the same status only to be humbled when the fighting was real.</li><li>Two former UFC champions, <keyword id="2197942" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Chuck-Liddell">Chuck Liddell</keyword> and Luke Rockhold, recently told Insider that strength is no substitute for technical fighting ability — even if you're The Rock.</li><li>Liddell and Rockhold both feature in a May 16 movie — "Cagefighter: World's Collide" — which merges the pro wrestling and MMA worlds.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The reason the majority of WWE wrestlers would fail in the UFC is because their physicality does not match their technical fighting ability.That is the opinion of two former UFC champions Chuck Liddell and Luke Rockhold, who spoke to Insider ahead of the release of the <a href="https://www.fite.tv/watch/cagefighter-worlds-collide/2p715/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fite TV film "Cagefighter: World's Collide"</a> on May 16.Liddell and Rockhold both feature in the movie, assuming familiar roles of fight experts albeit in a coaching capacity, rather than as combatants.The film merges the pro wrestling and cage-fighting industries — an area an increasing number of athletes have dabbled in, with various degrees of success.Brock Lesnar left the WWE as a heavyweight champion to compete as a mixed martial artist, was fast-tracked into the UFC, and became the leading MMA firm's heavyweight champion after only four fights.But while there's a Lesnar, there's also a CM Punk, who left the pro wrestling business as a long-reigning WWE champion, only to be resoundingly beaten, twice, in the UFC.To ensure crossover success, Rockhold said a collegiate wrestling background is essential as it is the toughest fighting discipline. "Some of them do come from wrestling backgrounds and wrestling, as we know, is the toughest of all martial arts."It's a different kind of discipline and toughness that you can't teach in other realms — to just beat you down and nothing else."So a lot of those guys do come from heavy wrestling backgrounds. With that respect, I'd give them a chance. It works for that."There's a wild difference between someone like Lesnar, who had that collegiate wrestling background and, say, The Rock, who is arguably the WWE's most famous face but wouldn't actually know how to fight."They would have to pick his opponent really well," Liddell told Insider. "I mean, he's an athlete, plays football, and in shape but doesn't really know how to fight."Liddell said: "The guy's who have had success coming over have [into UFC] had really good wrestling backgrounds."CM Punk, the guy's coaching him did him a disservice … he was terrible. He wanted to fight but should have gone to a local show. The second guy he fought [Mike Jackson], insulted me more than the first guy [Mickey Gall] probably not ready to fight in the UFC yet but [Gall] was at least a real fighter."<h2>Performance-enhancing drugs could level the playing-field, Rockhold joked</h2>Liddell fumed at how the UFC allowed Jackson, who had a losing record at 0-1, into the company which is regarded as the pinnacle of professional mixed martial arts. "Why is this guy in the UFC?"People got so mad that Brock Lesnar got a shot at the title … but he won," Liddell said. "Once you win the fight that you got, the argument whether you deserve the fight or not is gone. And Brock was a beast of a wrestler."<div type="image" title="Cagefighter: World's Collide" height="1025" width="1367" msid="75763500" hostid="261"></div>For Rockhold, "the technical aspect of things supersede the strength and physicality" that WWE guys may have.The only thing that could counter-balance a trained fighter's skillset is performance-enhancing drugs, Rockhold suggested, but even then the Californian would expect the fighter to be able to handle a "juiced-up" wrestler.Rockhold referenced the time Lesnar returned to the UFC for the UFC 200 show in 2016, beat Mark Hunt, but had the decision retroactively overturned after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/dec/15/brock-lesnar-ufc-failing-drugs-test" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the former heavyweight champion failed a drug test</a>.Lesnar was fined $250,000 and slapped with a one-year ban."[If] they allow the wrestlers to use steroids and be who they are, like the UFC has seemingly done with Brock and create exceptions so people can cheat. So maybe The Rock could juice up and have a chance."But the technical realm usually takes over," he said.Liddell plays Marcus, a coach, and Rockhold features as Tony Gunn in the upcoming Cagefighter: World's Collide movie.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/glover-teixeira-says-his-fist-hurt-from-punching-anthony-smith-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The veteran UFC fighter who knocked an American's teeth out said he knew he was doing damage because his fist hurt from all the punching</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-said-anthony-smith-loss-was-tough-to-watch-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC boss Dana White said it was 'tough to watch' a fighter get beaten so bad he was left with broken bones and missing teeth</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-brian-kelleher-scores-1-punch-ko-ufc-fight-night-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An American called "Boom" scored a 1-punch KO then hit his defenseless, unconscious opponent with 2 hammer-fists on the canvas</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/how-professional-fighters-league-wants-to-change-mma-forever-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An MMA boss is paying fighters not to fight in the coronavirus era and wants to change the game with tech innovations when his sport returns for good</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-said-loves-donald-trump-said-hes-awesome-249-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White knew his behind-closed-doors UFC 249 event was a huge success when he got a cageside phone call from Trump</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/why-wwe-athletes-fail-in-the-ufc-2020-5">Insider</a>

The majority of WWE athletes would fail in the UFC because their physicality does not match their technical fighting ability

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="9054110" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="justin-gaethje">Justin Gaethje</keyword> could drop <keyword id="5616915" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Tony-Ferguson">Tony Ferguson</keyword> in Saturday's lightweight fight in Florida according to a former <keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> champion.</li><li>The two UFC stars are the main event attraction at a behind-closed-doors event on May 9.</li><li><keyword id="3844781" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="luke-rockhold">Luke Rockhold</keyword> told Insider that Gaethje "throws to kill" and hits harder than people who have already dropped Ferguson.</li><li>Saturday's winner could challenge Rockhold's gym-mate Khabib Nurmagomedov later in the year. "Both present so many options and problems for Khabib," he said.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Justin Gaethje is the hardest puncher in the lightweight division, "throws to kill," and has the ability to floor Tony Ferguson in the <keyword id="9035179" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc-249">UFC 249</keyword> main event on Saturday, May 9.That is the opinion of former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who told Insider this week that while Ferguson has developed so much as a mixed martial artist, he has been dropped by lesser punchers than Gaethje, and could therefore be dropped once again."Tony has grown so much as a fighter," Rockhold said, one week before the May 16 release of a movie in which he stars — "Cagefighter: Worlds Collide" — on Fite. "He's so wild, unpredictable … [but] Justin throws to kill."A 31-year-old American with a collegiate wrestling background, Gaethje most commonly guns for a stoppage by knockout rather than submission and has finished 18 opponents this way, compared to one submission and two decisions out of 21 wins in total.He fights at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville on Saturday riding a three-fight win streak — all by knockout via punches — against James Vick in 2018 then Edson Barboza and Donald Cerrone, both in 2019."If he lands … well, he hits harder probably than anybody in that division that Tony's really fought," Rockhold told Insider. "[And] we've seen Tony get dropped by lesser punchers."UFC 249 was originally supposed to take place on April 18 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with one of Rockhold's gym-mates at the American Kickboxing Academy, Khabib Nurmagomedov, defending his UFC lightweight championship against Ferguson.With the New York event nixed because of the worsening spread of COVID-19 and it unclear if or when the show could go on as planned elsewhere, Nurmagomedov returned to Russia and then could not leave as the country went into its own coronavirus-enforced lockdown.White then recruited Gaethje to replace Nurmagomedov for a mysterious event on Native American land in California on the same date, but after <a href="https://www.insider.com/restarting-ufc-during-a-pandemic-is-expensive-dana-white-says-2020-4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mounting political pressure from California gov Gavin Newsom, Disney, which owns UFC's broadcast partner ESPN, ordered UFC president Dana White to stop</a> his event.After rescheduling UFC 249 for May 9 in Florida, the Ferguson vs. Gaethje fight is finally going ahead as planned. The winner could even challenge Nurmagomedov for the title later in the year."We anticipated that fight for so long, hoping it's to be," Rockhold told us. "[But] whether it's Tony or whether it's Justin … you're going to get a helluva fight [against Nurmagomedov]."Both present so many options and problems for Khabib," he said. "So I'm excited to see whatever happens in general, it's wild, anything can happen."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/jacare-souza-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-ufc-249-fight-canceled-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3 people test positive for COVID-19 ahead of UFC 249. One said he was desperate for money because his family might end up homeless.</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/conor-mcgregor-texts-dana-white-wanting-to-fight-on-fight-island-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor texted the UFC boss Dana White saying he's desperate to fight on 'Fight Island'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/we-counted-18-safety-measures-in-place-for-ufc-249-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We counted 18 safety measures the UFC has in place for UFC 249, and people have already been filmed getting swabs for COVID-19</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/ufc-middleweight-luke-rockhold-said-he-kicked-a-sketchy-woman-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former UFC champion said he front-kicked a 'sketchy' woman in LA because she tried to spit on him after running 'like a zombie'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/sergio-moraes-coronavirus-more-aggressive-than-any-ufc-opponent-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A former UFC athlete said beating the coronavirus was far more 'aggressive' than any opponent he fought in his career</a>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/who-wins-ufc-249-justin-gaethje-big-puncher-tony-ferguson-2020-5">Insider</a>

Tony Ferguson warned ahead of UFC 249 that Justin Gaethje 'throws to kill'

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><a href="http://instagram.com/meganolivi">Megan Olivi/Instagram</a></div></div>Retired UFC fighter Chuck Liddell visited troops at Fort Campbell, Ky. Monday, and one volunteered for target practice, <keyword id="6356028" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sports">sports</keyword> blog The Nosebleeds reports.
Wearing an armored flak jacket, <a href="http://thenosebleeds.com/chuck-lidell-knocks-the-wind-out-of-an-armored-soldier-with-a-thunderous-spinning-back-kick/">one soldier willingly lined up</a> to receive a kick from the legendary light heavyweight champion, and, well, it didn't go so well.
While the armored vest can usually stop bullets, the force from the kick definitely knocked the wind out of the soldier.
As <a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/video-ufc-chuck-liddell-vs-military-body-armor-170116681--mma.html">Elias Capeda notes</a> at the Yahoo Sports blog, other fans have volunteered to get punched or <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNjF1ZP-b_0">kicked by "The Iceman" in the past.</a>
UFC host and correspondent Megan Olivi captured the video and put it on Instagram:

UFC Legend Chuck Liddell Knocked The Wind Out Of A Soldier With A Spinning Back Kick [VIDEO]

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Paddy Pimblett can become something 'more than' Conor McGregor, according to Dan Hardy.</li><li>People can no longer relate to yacht-loving McGregor, Hardy said.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/paddy-pimblett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paddy Pimblett</a> can become bigger than <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/conor-mcgregor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conor McGregor</a>, ex-<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> analyst Dan Hardy told MMA Fighting this week.Combat athletes became stars through the UFC before — like Chuck Liddell, Georges St. Pierre, and Anderson Silva — but nobody had crossed over into the mainstream sporting consciousness quite like McGregor.At the peak of the Irishman's powers, he slew big-name opponents like Jose Aldo while spitting quotable one-liners and gracing magazine covers.<div type="image" title="Conor McGregor knocked out Jose Aldo in 2015." height="1333" width="2000" msid="93145169" hostid="261" sizebytes="122608"></div>Like McGregor, Pimblett is a former Cage Warriors champion who is fast becoming a considerable commodity for <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a>'s market-leading company in a burgeoning European territory.Since joining Cage Warriors, Pimblett has won three fights in a row — all by finish while captivating sell-out audiences in London, England.The 27-year-old knocked out Luigi Vendramini last year in Las Vegas before submitting Rodrigo Vargas and Jordan Leavitt with rear-naked chokes in March and then July.<h2>Pimblett can be 'something way more' than McGregor, Hardy said</h2><div type="image" title="Paddy Pimblett returned a first-round knockout on his UFC debut." height="1425" width="2000" msid="93145170" hostid="261" sizebytes="178862"></div>Hardy, another former Cage Warriors champion who achieved fame in the UFC, compared Pimblett to McGregor <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2022/7/25/23276572/the-mma-hour-khamzat-chimaev-curtis-blaydes-dan-hardy-muhammad-mokaev-jack-hermansson-nathaniel-wood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">while speaking on MMA Fighting's show The MMA Hour</a>."I would hope Paddy's focus is on the belt as opposed to the super fights right now because he is in a very strong position, where he can become something way more than Conor McGregor," said Hardy."And I know that is a difficult thing for us to imagine, but we couldn't have imagined that of Conor McGregor before he stepped out of Cage Warriors."<div type="image" title="Dan Hardy has fought in the UFC, and worked there as an analyst." height="1333" width="2000" msid="93145171" hostid="261" sizebytes="67004"></div>Pimblett could even surpass McGregor, as the popular prizefighter does not appear to have the same troubles outside of the sport, said Hardy, referring to McGregor's previous run-ins with the law."I think people's brands change and shift," he said. "Conor is not the same. He is not as easy to gravitate toward as he used to be at the beginning of his career."It is much easier to relate to people when they are stepping off the streets, going through hard times."<h2>People can no longer relate to McGregor like they once could, according to the analyst</h2><div type="image" title="People can no longer relate to Conor McGregor like they once could, according to Dan Hardy." height="1443" width="2000" msid="93145173" hostid="261" sizebytes="87004"></div>Those same people now struggle to relate to McGregor as he's "living on yachts and stuff," Hardy said. "He's quite estranged from his fan base."McGregor will always be a box office attraction because of he's an entertainer, according to Hardy. "But I think people will follow Paddy to a much longer degree."He said this is because Pimblett will not "fall off in the same way Conor did" who ended up finding himself "in handcuffs."

Paddy Pimblett can become bigger than Conor McGregor, according to an ex-UFC analyst

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has kept its use of deadly force secret. Until now. 

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tucker Carlson interviewed Dana White for a segment that aired Monday on Fox News.</li><li>Carlson spoke to former President Donald Trump ahead of the meeting with White in Las Vegas.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/dana-white" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White</a> is, according to <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>, "the only essential person in all American sports," Tucker Carlson said.The Fox News presenter said he spoke to the former president ahead of an interview with the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> boss that aired Monday on his show '<a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6312889993112#sp=show-clips" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tucker Carlson Tonight</a>'."I talked to Trump yesterday about you, and he described you as, 'the only essential person in all American sports. You could take people out of any sport and the sport would continue. If Dana White left UFC, there couldn't be UFC'."Carlson then asked White how long he expected to remain in the combat sports business, as the figurehead of an <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mma" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MMA</a> firm that leads the market."Hopefully I've built a business over the last 22 years that, no matter who comes and goes, we last and continue to grow," said White."I know for a fact that when I do leave, the right person needs to be in place to take over. There is a formula to this business," White said. "People are trying as we speak" to replicate what the UFC is doing, "but they're not successful."He added: "When I do decide to leave, which isn't going to be any time soon, I have the right people in place."White then spoke about his relationship with Trump.<h2>Donald Trump 'loves sports,' Dana White said</h2><div type="image" title="Donald Trump has attended UFC events before." height="1333" width="2000" msid="94503647" hostid="261" sizebytes="79078"></div>White called Trump "a very, very good friend of mine" and said their relationship goes back to "the day I met him."He told Carlson: "When we bought this company, the company had such a bad stigma in sport, we couldn't get into venues — venues didn't want us."White said Trump was helpful in bringing the UFC to New Jersey, for events in the early 2000s like 'UFC 31: Locked and Loaded' featuring Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, and B.J. Penn in separate bouts on May 4, 2001."Donald Trump saw that this thing could possibly be big. Plus, he's a sports guy. He loves sports. He offered us to do the event at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City."He cut us a very fair deal, went down there, and did two events with him," said White on Fox News. "He showed up for the first fight and stayed to the last fight."<h2>Trump became a big supporter of White's, the UFC boss said</h2><div type="image" title="Dana White spoke to Tucker Carlson for a Fox News segment Monday." height="553" width="1000" msid="94503650" hostid="261" sizebytes="47870"></div>Whenever White went on to do something positive in his career, or receive public commendation, he said Trump would be there to send his congratulations."We were on the cover of the New York Times one time, and he said: 'I always knew you were going to do it, Dana, congratulations.' And sent me the paper."White said Trump "was genuinely happy for my success."He finished by saying: "Then came the day he was running for president, and he reached out to me, called me one day. He started the conversation like this: 'If you don't want to do this, I completely understand and there are no hard feelings, but I'd be honored if you'd speak for me at the Republican National Convention'. I said, I'll be there."I spoke, and after that day our friendship went to a whole other level."<h2>White recently called the FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid 'madness'</h2><div type="image" title="Photo of documents seized by FBI at Mar-a-Lago strewn across the floor, with red circles and arrows pointing to the ones with classification markings." height="3370" width="5055" msid="94503651" hostid="261" sizebytes="522638"></div>White described <a href="https://www.insider.com/dana-white-called-fbi-raid-on-donald-trump-property-madness-2022-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the FBI's raid on Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Monday as "madness,"</a> when speaking to Insider and other reporters at a press conference in August.According to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-three-classified-documents-trump-desks-mar-a-lago-doj-2022-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Insider reporting the following month</a> that cited a Department of Justice court filing, federal agents found more than 100 classified documents — three of which were stored in desks belonging to Trump, rather than in boxes.White said, "the whole world is crazy right now" when talking about the FBI search.Though White said at that time he hadn't talked to Trump about the incident, he added he'd "probably call him in the next couple days." It's unclear if he has spoken to him since.Said White: "I didn't want to call him … he has better fucking things to do than for me to call and say, 'Hey, what's going on over there?' But I will talk to him in the next couple days."<div type="image" title="UFC boss Dana White." height="1333" width="2000" msid="94503652" hostid="261" sizebytes="90172"></div>White's comments followed <a href="https://www.insider.com/mma-fighters-defend-trump-after-raid-denounce-fbi-2022-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prominent MMA fighters Jorge Masvidal and Jake Shields denouncing the FBI raid</a> and echoing right-wing talking points to defend Trump. <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/29/mma-trump-election-433529"></a><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/29/mma-trump-election-433529">Trump has long enjoyed support from many fighters</a> and their fans.The UFC boss even gave $1 million to the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/11/america-first-trump-fundraising-444464">pro-Trump super PAC</a> America First Action in 2019.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12411737" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="glover-teixeira" source="Orion">Glover Teixeira</keyword> endured an illegal 43-day journey to get into the US two decades ago.</li><li>The Brazilian, a <keyword id="11922275" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ufc" source="Orion">UFC</keyword> fighter, called on Hollywood to make a film about his journey</li></ul>ABU DHABI - A veteran <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UFC</a> fighter wants Hollywood to "make that movie" about his illegal immigration into the US.Meet Glover Teixeira, a 41-year-old Brazilian grappler who fights for the UFC light heavyweight title Saturday against reigning champion Jan Blachowicz in the main event of UFC 267, which takes place inside Abu Dhabi's Etihad Arena.Teixeira's story includes a 43-day journey from Brazil to the US, crossing the "dangerous" Mexico border, and hoping to avoid the fate of captured people who "get arrested, tortured," and die, he said, <a href="https://www.mmafighting.com/2021/10/26/22672235/glover-teixeira-details-dangerous-42-day-illegal-journey-brazil-to-usa-mexico-border-ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to MMA Fighting</a>.He was only 19 years old at the time and his family feared for his safety, Teixeira said.He drank, partied, but said his journey took him "through some scary places" where his guides were "obviously bribing" the locals in countries like Guatemala.Teixeira's group had to stay in Tijuana, Mexico, for eight days to wait for perfect weather conditions - fog - so that "helicopter and immigration people wouldn't see us," he said.Teixeira's group paid for the guides and "coyotes" - a term for those who smuggle people across borders - though he claimed there was an opportunity to do it for free.All they had to do was carry a backpack and deliver it to somebody in San Diego, California, he said. "I think it was drugs or weapon."Teixeira declined the offer.<h2>Texieira is now one win from becoming a UFC champion</h2><div type="image" title="Glover Teixeira throws a kick during his pre-fight practise session in Abu Dhabi." height="1000" width="2000" msid="87343800" hostid="261"></div>Once in the States, Teixeira said he fell in love with the country and, before long, started to box.A friend recommended he fight in the UFC - a firm that specializes in contests involving multi-fight disciplines, which was a concept still in its infancy back then."I got my ass kicked," in early fights, Teixeira said, but he eventually started training with Chuck Liddell - one of the first superstar <keyword id="11922276" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="mma" source="Orion">MMA</keyword> fighters - who recommended him to the UFC boss <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/dana-white" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana White</a>.Many fights later he started <a href="https://www.insider.com/video-anthony-smith-can-be-seen-handing-his-tooth-to-the-referee-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punching the teeth out of one opponent's mouth</a> - Anthony Smith.He is now on the hunt for the win that would define his career as he looks to dethrone Blachowicz this weekend.<div type="image" title="Jan Blachowicz boxes during a pre-fight practise session in Abu Dhabi." height="1000" width="2000" msid="87343801" hostid="261"></div>It took a while for Blachowicz to get the respect his resume deserved, as the Polish fighter is on a tear of late, defeating Luke Rockhold, Dominick Reyes, and, significantly, Israel Adesanya.Speaking at a media day Insider attended Wednesday, at an ornate five-star hotel on Yas Island - mere minutes from the host venue the Etihad Arena this weekend - Teixeira said he was happy to enter this Octagon as the underdog.Someone who "overcomes the odds" to defeat the champ. "It's a hard thing to do and I'm glad that I'm here," said Teixeira. "And I'm going to get it Saturday night."He continued: "It's going to be a great fight because the style match-up is amazing. Jan, he likes to come in and finish fights. He goes after people. You know me, the record speaks for itself … I have the most submissions in UFC."Somebody's going to get hurt, and it's going to be Jan."Added Teixeira: "I want to be champion, I'm going to be champion. That's the mindset I have right now."Teixeira said he's lived "an amazing life" - one almost befitting of a Hollywood screen.But in this world, it is perhaps only victory Saturday that would provide the ultimate punctuation mark for Teixeira's million dollar script.

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image">Getty ImagesDana White.</div></div></div><ul><li>UFC president Dana White is not fazed about whether or not Conor McGregor returns to cage-fighting.</li><li>White says that a McGregor return would be "awesome" but hints UFC will have other star athletes to build the company around.</li><li>McGregor has not fought in UFC since 2016.</li></ul> The UFC is unconcerned about whether or not star fighter Conor McGregor returns to the sport, if comments from its president are anything to go by."If Conor McGregor fights next year, that'll be awesome," UFC president Dana White said on Fox Sports 1's Undisputed. "If Conor McGregor doesn't fight, the UFC is going to go on."McGregor has not competed in UFC since his 2016 lightweight championship-winning victory over Eddie Alvarez.He lost a boxing rules contest against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 and was expected to defend his lightweight belt, but there is currently little news on when the Irishman will return to the cage.White signposted McGregor's return in October 2017 when he said a lightweight fight against interim champion Tony Ferguson "<a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-will-fight-tony-ferguson-ufc-president-announces-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">had to happen.</a>"McGregor has also been linked with fights against Dagestani wrestler Khabib Nurmagomedov, former sparring partner <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/paulie-malignaggis-manager-is-in-talks-with-ufc-regarding-a-fist-fight-with-conor-mcgregor-2017-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paulie Malignaggi</a>, and former eight weight boxing world champion <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/ufc-will-sue-manny-pacquiao-if-reports-of-boxing-negotiations-with-star-fighter-conor-mcgregor-are-true-2017-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manny Pacquiao</a>.The closest McGregor has gotten to a mixed martial arts fight was when he mounted a Bellator cage to celebrate a teammate's victory in November, but ended up shoving a referee and arguing with Bellator officials. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/conor-mcgregor-apologises-for-in-cage-meltdown-at-dublin-fight-event-i-lost-it-and-over-reacted-2017-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">He later apologised for his meltdown</a>.<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BY9P35BA1Dx/?taken-by=thenotoriousmma">Instagram/thenotoriousmma</a>McGregor has not fought a UFC bout since 2016.</div></div></div>The longer McGregor stays on the sidelines, the more likely it is that UFC will continue without him. <a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/dana-white-conor-mcgregor-may-not-fight-ufc-2017-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White said over a month ago that McGregor may not be motivated to return</a> now that he has collected $100 million for losing to Mayweather.McGregor is undoubtedly the company's star athlete, but White has intimated that it may not be long before another talent takes his place at the top."I've been hearing this since 2003. 'What are you going to do when Chuck Liddell's gone? What are you going to do when Georges St-Pierre leaves? You're in big trouble when Anderson Silva's gone,' he said. "And the list goes on and on." <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-olympics-terrible-investment-host-city-china-rio-pyeongchang-2017-12">Why the Olympics are a terrible investment for the host city</a></h3> <div> </div> </div>

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