Canada's Aiemann Zahabi Set for Fight on White House Lawn for Trump's UFC Birthday
Zahabi says the White House bout will boost his profile, with more than 4,000 spectators expected on site and up to 100,000 at Fan Fest.
- On Sunday, Canadian bantamweight fighter Aiemann Zahabi faces former champion Sean O'Malley at the White House during UFC Freedom 250, celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary and President Donald Trump's 80th birthday.
- President Donald Trump, a longtime friend of UFC CEO Dana White, personally conceived the event; fighters will walk out of the Oval Office for their bouts.
- Zahabi enters the bout on a seven-fight winning streak with a 14-2-0 record and views the fight as 'my thank you letter to Canada,' calling it a massive opportunity after 20 years of hard work.
- Critics questioned Zahabi's participation amid trade tariffs and Trump rhetoric, though he described Canada and the United States as family, saying 'sometimes you're on the ins with your brother and sometimes on the outs.'
- Coach Firas Zahabi believes a victory could position his brother for a bantamweight title shot against Petr Yan, though O'Malley enters as roughly a 3-to-1 favorite.
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He will face the former Rooster Weight Champion Sean O的Malley ahead of Donald Trump in particular.
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MONTREAL - Aiemann Zahabi is working up a sweat inside the octagon at Tristar Gym, a famed mixed martial arts training centre 11 kilometres north of downtown Montreal. A couple
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Canada's Aiemann Zahabi set for fight on White House lawn for Trump's UFC birthday
MONTREAL — Aiemann Zahabi is working up a sweat inside the octagon at Tristar Gym, a famed mixed martial arts training centre 11 kilometres north of downtown Montreal. A couple of weeks out from the biggest fight of his life, he cycles through jabs and kicks with his older brother and coach, Firas. As the session ends, Zahabi raises his blue-and-white gloves toward a cluster of cameras lined up at the opposite end of the cage, flashing the Quebe…
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