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founded by Art Davie, Rorion Gracie and John Milius
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The sport was considered to violent so the owners and founder added more rules
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Senator john mcain tried to ban ufc and succeeded in 36 states forcing ufc 12 to move from New York to Alabama
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Zuffa llc Purchased UFC for 2 million dollars
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ufc slowly gained popularity after the Zuffa purchase until ufc 40 which proved to be the most crucial fight in ufc history. the event sold out the MGM grand arena and sold over 150 000 pay per views 3 times larger than any other previous event
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through out this time growth and popularity was booming for the ufc with memorable fights such as liddell vs ortiz, Hughes vs. Gracie and Shamrock vs. Ortiz
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Spike tv offered to pay 10 million in production costs for reality tv show The ultimate fighter and ufc gladly accepted
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ufc purchases wec
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fox and ufc have a seven year contract including 32 friday night fights 4 events on the main network and 24 ultimate fighter events
