During the first of three such events, White raised $4 million in late 2008 to help fund the construction of a research center for traumatic brain injury—and has since sent thousands of Ultimate Fighter Championship DVDs and other merchandise to troops overseas.
“It’s just what we feel we have to do for our troops,” White said. “I really feel our country has lost its patriotism. These kids sacrifice themselves and we do have to take care of them—but we don’t.”
This weekend, the UFC held two “premium” fights on the base, which were broadcast on cable television and online via Facebook as 6,000 base personnel squeezed into a helicopter hangar there, watching the event for free. After some weaker preliminary fights, fans got a good show with three of the bouts stopped in the first round and one of the fighters, Mark Hominick, winning a title shot in his division for later this year
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