UFC, short for ultimate fighting championship, is possibly world's most famous and profitable martial arts, broadcasting in over 150 countries in 22 different languages. It was founded in November 1993, with its founders, John Milius, Bob Meyrowitz, Rorion Gracie, Art Davie and Campbell McLaren. The purpose of this competition is to combine different types martial arts and using them to beat your opponent, in a stage called the 'Octagon' (eight sided shape). Its headquarter is located in Las Vegas, and the President is Dana White.
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UFC's first event was held in November 1993, with its name UFC 1 : The Beginning, at the McNichols Sport Arena with around 7800 spectators. At the time, UFC was nothing compared to the current version. It was a newly founded martial arts so UFC itself, wasn't very recognisable. There was only 1 event in 1993, but it gradually built up year after year, as it become more famous and exciting. Last year (2016), there were 41 UFC events. The event 'UFC 202', had approximately 1.3million viewers world wide on a single event. Most viewers in history of UFC was approximately 5 million viewers. These stats tells us that UFC is growing both prominently and financially.
In the history of UFC, the events was held 269 times in USA, 27 times in Brazil, 22 times in Canada, 19 times in United Kingdom, 10 times in Australia, 8 times in Japan, 5 times in Germany, 4 times in Mexico and Sweden, 3 times in Ireland and China, twice in UAE, and once in Croatia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore and South Korea, proving that UFC is globally well-known and is very entertainingly attractive.
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