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Donald Trump congratulates Vitor Belfort after first-round TKO of Evander Holyfield: ‘You are a great patriot!’

Former U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Vitor Belfort after his main event TKO of Evander Holyfield.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump took the opportunity to address the main event winner of Triller Fight Club Legends II on Saturday.

Shortly after former UFC light heavyweight champion [autotag]Vitor Belfort[/autotag] made quick work of boxing legend [autotag]Evander Holyfield[/autotag] in their main event fight, Trump, who was on secondary commentary duty for the event, spoke to the captive audience at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla.

Along with Trump in the commentary booth was his son, Donald Trump Jr., former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos, and welterweight contender Jorge Masvidal.

“You are some fighter,” Trump said. “I have to tell you, you have a couple of friends between Jorge and Junior, and my son, my ‘junior,’ they said you’re going to do fantastically well…I said, ‘Well, but boxing’s not his thing.’ Junior said, ‘Yes it is, you just watch.'”

The former heavyweight champ proved the former president correct in his prediction, as Belfort made quick work of Holyfield by scoring a quick first-round TKO finish.

Before the fight in an interview that took place just seconds before he entered the ring, Belfort ended his remarks with Trump’s presidential campaign tagline, “Let’s make America great again!”

The former president appreciated Belfort’s message, as did most of the crowd in attendance who chanted Trump’s name throughout the evening. “You are a great patriot and we appreciate it,” Trump added when speaking to Belfort.

“Vitor, your stock was very high, but it’s even higher tonight because you beat somebody who is, I don’t know, I think probably one of the greatest of all time,” Trump continued. “There’s no question about Evander and we love Evander. I know Evander, and I’ve never seen that happen to Evander. I’ve been with Evander a long time and it’s just one of those things, you were really fantastic.”

Trump also briefly proposed the idea of creating a matchup between Masvidal or Dos Santos as Belfort’s next opponent inside the boxing ring, but it appears Triller would like to create a matchup between Belfort and Jake Paul instead.

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Triller Fight Club Legends II results: Vitor Belfort makes quick work of Evander Holyfield in first-round TKO

Vitor Belfort dispatches Evander Holyfield with ease at Saturday’s Triller Fight Club Legends II.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – As many expected, [autotag]Vitor Belfort[/autotag] put away [autotag]Evander Holyfield[/autotag] with ease.

The former UFC champion only needed less than two minutes to dispatch the 58-year-old Holyfield in the main event of their heavyweight boxing bout at Triller Fight Club Legends II. The official stoppage came at the 1:49 mark of round one. It was a TKO win for Belfort.

Triller Fight Club Legends II took place on Saturday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The main card streamed on pay-per-view.

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As soon as the bell rang, they touched gloves and the action immediately began. Holyfield pressured the Brazilian and landed a nice left hook. Soon after that, Belfort rocked Holyfield with a right hand and had him wobbled. Belfort pressured Holyfield and knocked him down. Holyfield quickly stood up, but was quickly put down again with a right hand.

Holyfield continued after his second knockdown to get greeted by a barrage of punches from Belfort. The referee immediately stopped the bout as Holyfield was clearly hurt.

Holyfield took the fight on short notice, replacing Oscar De La Hoya who was forced out of the bout with Belfort after getting hospitalized from COVID-19.

Holyfield hadn’t fought in a decade. The last time he competed was at age 48 when he defeated Brian Nielsen via TKO. The former multiple-time boxing heavyweight champion is a little over a year away from his 60th birthday.

Holyfield disagreed with the stoppage of his fight:

“I think it was a bad call,” Holyfield said on the broadcast. “I don’t think the referee should’ve stopped the fight that quick.”

Meanwhile, Belfort, 44, returned to competition for the first time since his TKO loss to Lyoto Machida in May 2018 under MMA. Belfort has only competed once in professional boxing having defeated Josemario Neves in 2006.

Belfort called out Jake Paul in his post-fight interview alongside Triller Fight Club CEO Ryan Kavanaugh. The original offer of $25 million for Paul to take the fight was upped to $30 million on the spot by Kavanaugh during the in-ring interview.

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Triller Fight Club Legends II results: Anderson Silva flattens Tito Ortiz in the first round

Anderson Silva made quick work of Tito Ortiz on Saturday night at Triller Fight Club Legends II.

[autotag]Anderson Silva[/autotag] made quick work of [autotag]Tito Ortiz[/autotag] on Saturday night.

Silva vs. Ortiz served as the co-main event of Triller Fight Club Legends II, which streamed on Fite TV pay-per-view. The bout was scheduled for eight rounds, but it would not make it out of the first.

The opening round started with Ortiz pawing a jab as he controlled the center of the ring. Silva was content to feel out his opponent in the early moments.

Allowing Ortiz to charge forward, Silva covered up against the ropes while Ortiz threw a series of slow and wide hooks that were easily dodged by the elusive counter-striker. Out of nowhere, Silva countered sharply with a right hand that stunned Ortiz. Two additional lefts landed, and Ortiz fell limp onto the ropes and crashed to the canvas, resulting in the knockout victory at 1:21 in the very first round.

Ortiz missed weight for the bout, coming in five pounds over the 195-pound limit. Silva anticipated his opponent would come in heavier than the contracted weight.

This was Silva’s second boxing match of 2021 since stepping away from MMA. The former UFC middleweight champion defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. via split decision in June.

Ortiz, 46, recently resigned as Mayor Pro Tem in his hometown of Huntington Beach, Calif. He was last in action in December 2019, when he defeated Alberto Rodriguez by first-round rear-naked choke submission under the Combate Americas banner.

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