UFC fighter Derrick Lewis says he earned a spot on a UFC White House card thanks to a phone call from President Donald Trump. According to reporting from Winnipeg Free Press and The Independent, Lewis also appears to link the opportunity to a recent win, describing a new knockout and then referencing his conversation with Trump afterward. Both outlets frame the story as Lewis’s explanation for how he secured the White House-related appearance, rather than offering detailed information about the UFC’s selection process. The Independent highlights Lewis sharing details of the call alongside his latest fight result, while the Winnipeg Free Press story emphasizes Lewis’s comments that Trump played a role in getting him onto the event card. While the coverage aligns on the core claims—that Lewis credits Trump and that he recently won by knockout—neither outlet provides extensive additional context about the event’s dates, matchups, or the formal criteria used to assemble the White House card. The articles focus mainly on Lewis’s own account tying the opportunity to both his performance and the reported phone call.