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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) organization based in Las Vegas, Nevada. On January 31, 2009, Georges St. Pierre defeated BJ Penn during UFC 94 with a fourth round TKO. Over 14,000 were in attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas for the event.ESPN: St. Pierre broke Penn's will to win (February 1, 2009)
On April 1, 2009, a video blog of UFC president Dana White was released where he made offensive, obscenity-filled remarks about homosexuals and women. The tirade was centered around a Sherdog.com story about credentialing policies for agents and managers of fighters.ESPN.com: White uses slurs in video blog (April 3, 2009)
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Brief History
The UFC was first started as a tournament to find the best fighters in the world. Early UFC fights had very few rules and were considered No Holds Barred, resulting in very brutal and violent fights. Feeling pressure from those opposed to the event's violent nature, UFC went into the underground.Political pressure continued and UFC slowly began to enforce stricter rules for their fights. UFC soon became sanctioned by state athletic commissions and was soon considered a legitimate sport. The removal of the no holds barred label caused UFC to regain its pay-per-view deal. The sport was now marketed as mixed martial arts.
The UFC has seen a rise in mainstream popularity over the past few years. They have a cable television deal with SPIKE TV and hold monthly pay-per-view events. UFC is continuing to expand its market as UFC fighters like Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, Chuck Liddell and others become more popular.
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UFC® 99: The Comeback
- Date Time: Jun-13-2009 3:00 PM ET
- Event Type: International Event
- Location: Lanxess Arena, Germany
- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® brings the world’s premier combat sport to Germany for the first time, and in the main event of UFC® 99, two of the game’s most revered superstars will battle it out, as former UFC® middleweight champion Rich 'Ace' Franklin squares off against former PRIDE® champion Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva in a true fight fan’s dream match.
- UFC® 99: The Comeback – Saturday, June 13th, live on Pay-Per-View from the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
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UFC Leadership
- Zuffa
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- Art Davie and Rorion Gracie
- Founders of UFC
- Dana White
- President of UFC
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UFC Timeline
- 1993: UFC is founded
- 2001: Purchased by Zuffa
- 2002: First American televised MMA fight airs on The Best Damn Sports Show Period
- 2005: The Ultimate Fighter Debuts on Spike TV
- 2006: UFC breaks pay-per-view industry's single year record, generating over $222,766,000
- 2007: UFC purchases PRIDE Fighting Championships



