Trump support dominates weekend in sports as athletes perform president-elect's dance moves

The NFL, UFC, boxing and assemblage shot had a stranglehold and determination was 1 underlying taxable crossed the sports landscape.

It wasn’t an idiosyncratic combat oregon matchup connected the gridiron. Instead, it was President-elect Donald Trump and the creation he’s done during his run rallies. Support for Trump whitethorn person trickled from the sports satellite successful the days starring up to the election, but it truly exploded implicit the weekend.

While determination was nary Trump creation astatine the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight, Paul and Tyson some expressed their enactment for him successful the past. Paul went arsenic acold arsenic to endorse him successful the 2024 predetermination and observe his triumph successful the aftermath.

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President-elect Donald Trump greets Jon Jones aft helium defeated Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden, aboriginal Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump’s creation determination was connected afloat show astatine UFC 309.

With the president-elect sitting cage-side with nominees for his aboriginal Cabinet, Jon Jones defeated Stipe Miocic via knockout and did Trump's determination successful the contiguous aftermath. He pointed to Trump close aft and gave his UFC Heavyweight Championship to Trump to hold.

"… And contiguous was incredibly special," Jones said, per MMA Fighting. "Finishing (Daniel Cormier) is up there, too. Stephan Bonnar was the archetypal prima that I fought arsenic a young man. Everybody astir maine told maine that I was nary 1 and that I couldn’t bash it, and I had to truly enactment connected meditation and bringing up my self-esteem for the archetypal clip to bushed Stephan Bonnar. Mauricio ‘Shogun’ taught maine that I could beryllium great. Kid from a tiny town, ne'er large astatine anything, I became a champion. D.C., it was conscionable precise personal. 

"And tonight, contiguous is the biggest infinitesimal of my life. To speech astir Jesus successful beforehand of our president and fto the satellite cognize however genuinely arrogant I americium to beryllium an American champion, it felt awesome, man. To decorativeness Stipe, it felt awesome."

Bo Nickal besides paid tribute to Trump aft his victory. Instead of a dance, helium pretended helium was swinging a play club.

Lions antiaircraft extremity Za'Darius Smith (99) celebrates a sack against the Jacksonville Jaguars with linebacker Malcolm Rodriguez during the 2nd fractional astatine Ford Field successful Detroit connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The Trump play plaything and creation were showcased by Detroit Lions defenders Za’Darius Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez connected Sunday. Both players performed the moves aft sacking Jacksonville Jaguars backmost Mac Jones.

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Las Vegas Raiders choky extremity Brock Bowers performed the creation determination aft helium scored a touchdown against the Miami Dolphins.

"I’ve seen everyone bash it," Bowers said, per USA Today. "I watched the UFC combat past nighttime and Jon Jones did it. I similar watching UFC, truthful I saw it and thought it was cool."

Tennessee Titans wide receivers Calvin Ridley and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine performed the celebratory creation against the Minnesota Vikings aft a touchdown.

College shot didn’t look to person anyone caller doing the creation move. But past week, it was each implicit the sport.

UFC President Dana White was asked why helium thought fighters gravitate toward the president-elect.

"If you saw the election, the full state relates to Trump close now," White said. "Won each the plaything states; the lone states she (Democrat nominee Vice President Harris) won were the ones you didn’t request ID to ballot in. It would’ve been absorbing if you needed ID. I consciousness similar the full state … I consciousness similar idiosyncratic deed the reset button.

Miami Dolphins information Jevon Holland grabs Las Vegas Raiders choky extremity Brock Bowers during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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"However this predetermination went, everyone was hoping it was a blowout either way, truthful determination would beryllium nary much bulls---. What I deliberation is, everybody is bushed of the bulls---. We’re each tired. We each conscionable privation to unrecorded our lives and tally our businesses and rise our families and bash each that s---, and hopefully each this worldly volition simmer down successful the adjacent 4 years."

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