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UFCs Dana White accepts Patriot Award for humanitarian efforts to raise money for injured soldiers
By: MMAmaniaUFC President Dana White was honored with the Armed Forces Foundation Patriot Award last night at the 5th Annual Armed Forces Foundation Congressional Gala at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., for his support of United States troops.
He was among a group of about 200 in attendance, including Members of Congress, members of the [...]
“The only thing I could to end the fight was force the arm until either it broke or he tapped, and that’s what I did. Fighting is always a series of calculated risks, and he had ample opportunity to tap. But none of us enter the ring trying to end each others career, and I [...]
“Had this fight happened seven years ago, we probably wouldn’t have been legalized.”
– UFC President Dana White talks with CombatLifestyle.com about the possible ramifications that UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” could have had several years earlier on the growth of the promotion in particular and the sport in general. The three-hour Spike [...]
The three-hour UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” special from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., on Wednesday, December 10, raised more than $4 million in donations for the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, according to The Oxford Press.
“Fight for the Troops” featured two welterweight clashes between Josh Koscheck and Yoshiyuki Yoshida, as well [...]
MMAmania.com today received the list of medical suspensions from the North Carolina Boxing Authority in the wake of UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville on December 10.
Of course, The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 5 alum, Corey Hill, is the most serious case on the list. He sustained a [...]
“Tokyo’s Yoshida, who remained on the canvas while being tended to by commission doctors, was removed from the Octagon on a stretcher as a precautionary measure. He was later treated and released from a local hospital for a concussion.”
– Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today provided a medical update on Yoshiyuki Yoshida via its Web site. [...]
Corey Hill — the lanky and likable contestant from season five of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) — sustained a catastrophic leg injury during his fight against Dale Hartt at UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” last night at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Hartt apparently checked a leg kick from Hill early [...]
UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina, has officially wrapped, which means that it’s time for those select fighters who went above and beyond in their respective fights to get a little extra grease for their efforts.
To the tune of $30,000 each.
The promotion dished out its [...]
UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops” at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., on Wednesday, December 10, has come to a close.
The special three-hour Spike TV event was put together to raise money for the the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund.
In particular, donations, which can still be made by visiting www.fallenheroesfund.org or by [...]
Click the banner above or right here for up-to-the-minute results and blow-by-blow coverage of UFC Fight Night 16: “Fight for the Troops.”
Quick results of the prelim fights are flowing RIGHT NOW and LIVE blow-by-blow, round-by-round coverage of the main card action will start at 9:00 p.m. ET with the three-hour Spike TV telecast.
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