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

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 for you,’” the bantamweight said on “The Ariel Helwani Show” released Wednesday, when asked what he told Trump while shaking his hand after the fight.

“At least, I think that’s what I said,” he added. “People keep asking me what I said, and I’m trying to recall.”

O’Malley appeared to be referencing Trump’s push to acquire America’s northern neighbor, which the president has referred to as the “51st State” on numerous occasions.

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