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Mixed martial arts for Olympics?
SYDNEY, Australia — Ultimate Fighting Championship executives say they'd support a move for mixed martial arts to become an Olympic sport.
UFC president Dana White, in Sydney ahead of Sunday's sold-out UFC 110 at Acer Arena, said while his company would not actively lobby the International Olympic Committee, he would support their inclusion in the games.
Although UFC matches feature caged fighting, the different disciplines of mixed martial arts - boxing, wrestling, taekwondo and judo - feature in the Olympics as individual events.
"It would be a huge benefit to us if mixed martial arts became an Olympic sport," White said. "It would create instant awareness around the world, and it would be huge.
"I would support it 100 per cent. I personally am not out there trying to get mixed martial arts as an Olympic sport ... but if it popped and they said, 'Yes, we're thinking about it,' I would go guns ablazing and try to make it happen."
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