Trump reveals UFC chief Dana White pushed for release of ballerina in Russian prisoner swap

Trump reveals Dana White and a UFC fighter requested ballerina release from RussiaSource Reuters

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00:00I appreciate the ballerina who was released.

00:04It was at the request of a very good friend of all of ours, actually.

00:10Dana White called me and he said it's the friend or the relationship of one of the fighters for UFC or one of the fighters.

00:19And Dana's an incredible guy.

00:21And we spoke to President Putin about it.

00:23And they made a deal.

00:25They released the young ballerina.

00:27And she is now out.

00:30And that was good.

00:30So we appreciate that.

00:31We hope that we're going to be able to make a deal.