UFC CEO Dana White (left) speaks to reporters alongside US president Donald Trump in the James S. Brady press briefing room at the White House. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) chief Dana White took the podium at the White House on Monday - but said he wanted to stay out of politics after President Donald Trump apparently jokingly offered him the job of press secretary.

"Would you like that, or do you just want to stay with this ridiculous UFC? Huh?" Trump said to White in the famed James Brady Press Briefing Room, after bringing the cagefighting boss out for a chaotic question-and-answer session.

"Thank you for the offer, sir - for the offer, I have no, no - I do not want to be in politics," White replied.