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In continental Europe, Germany has hosted 6 times, the first being UFC 99 in 2009, UFC 122 in 2010, UFC Fight Night: Munoz vs. Mousasi in 2014, UFC Fight Night: Jędrzejczyk vs. Penne in 2015, UFC Fight Night: Arlovski vs. Barnett in 2016, [141] and most recently, UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Smith in 2018.
In 2011, NBC agreed to a $4.38 billion contract with the International Olympic Committee to broadcast the Olympics through the 2020 games, the most expensive television rights deal in Olympic history. [160] NBC then agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games. [3]
In early February 2023 UFC introduced rules that banned athletes, coaches, and their close family from betting on UFC events. [4] after the call for a sports betting fraud investigation was made on a fight involving Darrick Minner a student of James Krause, who is a UFC coach and avid bettor, and Shayilan Nuerdanbieke at UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos.
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On March 22, 2016, the New York State Assembly voted to lift the State's 1997 ban on MMA and on April 14, 2016 Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill legalizing and regulating the sport into law. New York was the last state to legalize the sport in the United States. [30] The two most prominent promotions are UFC and Bellator.
Sharabutdin Magomedov became the first UFC fighter to win a fight via a double-spinning back fist. Jim Miller became the first UFC fighter with 27 UFC victories. Clay Guida set a new record for most losses (19) in UFC history. Shavkat Rakhmonov and Ian Machado Garry set a combined undefeated record of 33-0 in a single fight in UFC history.
Known by some in the mixed martial arts world as the "Combatant in Chief," Trump counts UFC President Dana White as a close friend and considers fans of the sport part of his political base.
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