Pat McAfee asked Zac when he was on his show, “Let’s talk about this weekend. UFC Freedom 250 event. When you get asked about that, what are your initial thoughts and obviously, if it’s at the White House, there’s gonna be some sort of political potential conversation surrounding it. What are you hoping of the event, and what are you most excited about to get out there? ”

Zac said it best too as he said, “I’m there for the troops, man. I’m there to honor America. This is patriotism, not politics for me. F*ck all the division. I don’t believe in that. I love this country, I love all the people that have sacrificed so I can live my American dream and that everyone who lives here gets the chance to do that if they work hard, make the right decisions.”

Celebrating our country when asked to do so should have nothing to do with politics. And Zac touched on that as well saying, “It doesn’t have a place in politics for me. There are gonna be 8,000 active duty service members that are gonna be there, I’m a massive UFC fan…it’s my favorite sport. I’m honored that Dana [White, UFC CEO] has given me the opportunity to do this.”

Zac also said that they would be singing the national anthem with the Marine Band, which he said is “an honor.” It filled my patriotic heart and it was bad ass to say the least.