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UFC fighter says he told Trump, ‘I knocked out a Canadian for you’
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UFC fighter says he told Trump, ‘I knocked out a Canadian for you’

The Hill · Jun 18, 2026, 3:49 PM

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American mixed martial artist Sean O’Malley revealed the joke he told President Trump on his 80th birthday after his knockout victory over Canadian fighter Aiemann Zahabi at the Freedom 250 UFC event held at the White House South Lawn on June 14. “I said: ‘Happy birthday, I knocked out a Canadian fo

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