President-elect Donald Trump celebrated his election victory on Saturday night by attending an Ultimate Fighting Championship event with billionaire friend Elon Musk and cheering fans at a heavily guarded Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The president-elect’s visit to UFC 309 — and the site of his inflammatory Oct. 27 rally, where a comedian called Puerto Rico an ‘island of garbage’ — was steeped in symbolism.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to make his return to Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, visiting the New York City landmark arena for an Ultimate Fighting Championship event.

A return to Madison Square Garden meant revisiting the place where a comedian caused an uproar at a Trump rally last month by likening Puerto Rico to a "floating island of garbage."

The UFC played a video montage of Trump’s comeback to the White House and called it “The great comeback in American History,” as the fans applauded and cheered for the Republican leader.

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Former Alabama linebacker Eryk Anders was scheduled to fight Chris “The All-American” Weidman in a middleweight bout at UFC 309 on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York. But shortly before the preliminary fights were to begin,

One of New York's favorite UFC sons won't get his chance to compete at Madison Square Garden on Saturday. Minutes before UFC 309 started, the promotion announced Chris Weidman's fight was off due to an illness with his opponent Eryk Anders.

The MMA realm went into shock as Eryk Anders was forced to pull out of his fight against Chris Weidman just moments before the fight night. The post “This Is Tragic” – MMA Community Reacts as Dana White and Co.

Chris Weidman missed out on an opportunity to fight in his home state and he’s still reeling. At the start of the UFC 309 broadcast from Madison Square Garden in New York, it was announced that Weidman’s middleweight bout against Eryk Anders had been cancelled due to a medical issue on Anders’ side.