Overview
- Paulo Costa, making his light heavyweight move, knocked out the previously unbeaten Azamat Murzakanov with a third-round head kick at UFC 327 in Miami.
- After the finish, Costa jumped the cage to reach the seats, shook hands with President Donald Trump, and shared a brief chat captured on video.
- In the clip, Trump told Costa, “You’re too good looking to be a fighter,” and praised him as a beautiful guy and a great fighter.
- Costa later called the exchange funny and said parts were personal, noting friends in common and joking about asking for an easier job.
- Clips spread widely on social media and highlighted the UFC’s crossover with politics, with Trump a regular cageside guest alongside UFC chief Dana White.