Ultimate Fighting Championship

Also known as: UFC

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mixed martial arts

  • Anderson Silva v. Stephan Bonnar
    In mixed martial arts: History of MMA

    The name referred to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), an organization that became the leading promoter of MMA events. The earliest aim of the UFC events was to pit fighters of different styles against each other—such as wrestler against boxer and kickboxer against judoka. Initially, the only rules decreed no…

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  • Dana White
    In Dana White

    …public face and CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company. White developed a love of fighting and combat sports from a young age and competed as an amateur boxer before helping transform MMA from a marginal, scorned discipline to a wildly popular and…

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