Donald Trump was greeted with a chorus of deafening cheers from fight fans when he made his dramatic arrival at UFC 309.
The 45th and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States attended three of the MMA leader's pay-per-view events last year.
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Each event saw the 78-year-old receive an amazing reaction from fans.
But the response he got in his first major public appearance since Kamala Harris' election defeat earlier this month was out of this world.
The Madison Square Garden crowd went electric when it exploded a job Mogul appeared on the big screen during the break between the intro and the main card.
And sure enough, the vast majority of UFC fans in attendance gave Trump the biggest win cheers From the night.
The Republican drank in the rousing reception while Secret Service agents surrounded him on his way to his seat.
Chants of “USA, USA, USA” echoed throughout the “most famous arena in the world.”
Fans went into a rage after the UFC dropped a hype video promoting his impending return to the White House.
Unlike many celebrities, Trump is by no means a new fan of mixed martial arts promotion.
He is a longtime friend of UFC President and CEO Dana White, who has spoken on his behalf at the Republican National Conventions in the past.
He even helped promote in 2000 and 2001 by allowing them to host events at the Trump Taj Mahal when arenas across the country were turning them down.
White, who spoke after Trump's election earlier this month, feels forever indebted to his friend.
“This guy has been so good to me, it's unexplainable,” he told Tucker Carlson.
“He has been a very good friend of mine since the day I met him.
“When we bought this company, there was such a bad stigma attached to it and the sport that we couldn't even get to the stadiums, they didn't want us.
“Donald Trump saw that this thing could be big, plus he's a sports guy who loves sports, and he offered to let us come and do this event at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
“He made us a very fair deal and we went out there and did a couple of events with him where he showed up for the first fight and stayed until the last fight.
“Imagine at that time; the Trump brand was way up, the UFC brand was down, but he received us and was great.
“Everything that happened to me in my career after that day, the first person to reach out and say congratulations was Donald Trump; whether it was a letter or the one time we were on the cover of the New York Times.
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“And he said, 'I always knew you would do it, Dana. Congratulations.'
“And he sent me the paper. He sent me a pen one time congratulating me.
“He always sends something to say congratulations; he's a really happy guy with your success.”
“It was such a bad brand that the venues didn't want us. Arenas didn't want us,” White recalled in a separate interview. “We had a hard time finding places.
“Trump literally called us. He said, 'Come to my house, organize the event here. We will receive you at the Trump Taj Mahal.'”
“We got there, and it was the best preparation for us. He showed up in the first fight and was there until the last fight. “Both times we went there.”
