Boos ring out for Trump at New York UFC bout

Donald Trump joins the crowd at Madison Square Garden. Photo: AP

US President Donald Trump was loudly booed on Saturday for the second time in a week at a sporting event as he attended a UFC fight in New York.



Trump, wearing a dark suit and a red tie, pumped his fist and waved at the crowd as he walked into the city's iconic Madison Square Garden arena on Saturday night.



There was no repeat of the loud chants of "lock him up" that greeted Trump when he attended a World Series baseball game last weekend, but loud jeers rung out.



Many mixed martial arts fans also clapped and cheered as Trump took his seat just metres from the cage where the UFC was set to award the "BMF" belt.



Several dozen protesters carrying placards with slogans such as "Trump/Pence Out Now!" and "Headlock Him Up" demonstrated outside the 20,000-seat venue as Trump arrived for the pay-per-view spectacle.



The president was attending the fight night with sons Donald Jr and Eric. (AFP)