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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts promotion company, a subsidiary of the parent company William Morris Endeavor, based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

It is the largest MMA promoter in the world and features most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport.

Based in the United States, the UFC produces events worldwide that showcase ten weight divisions and abide by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts.

The UFC has held over 300 events to date.

Dana White serves as the president of the UFC.

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people wearing protective gloves throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows both striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993.

The term gained popularity when newfullcontact.com, then one of the largest websites covering the sport, hosted and republished the article.

The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate.

A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport with one-on-one combat.

Determining the winner depends on the particular contest's rules.

In many fighting sports, a contestant wins by scoring more points than the opponent or by disabling the opponent.

Boxing, wrestling, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, Sambo, and Mixed Martial Arts are examples of combat sports.