The Ultimate Fighting Championship® will help lead an after-­-school mixed martial arts class for local disadvantaged youths on Thursday, September 20

The Ultimate Fighting Championship® will help lead an after-­-school mixed martial arts class for local disadvantaged youths on Thursday, September 20 at Old School Muay Thai, as part of its UFC Community Works® program.

 

UFC® fighters Brendan Schaub and Rory MacDonald will help lead participants through a 60-­- minute MMA class. This program is only offered to these participants through the generosity of Old School Muay Thai gym and its members. The UFC is happy to offer a helping hand at the workout and will make a financial contribution to support this worthy cause. The event acts as a pre-­-cursor to the upcoming UFC® 152 event, set to take place at Air Canada Centre, in Toronto, on September 22.

 

UFC Community Works® is a Canadian program that seeks to make meaningful contributions to communities in need from coast to coast with a particular focus on at-­-risk youth. It has teamed with Show Your Strength, whose mission is to combat the childhood obesity epidemic in North America by increasing awareness and access for at-­-risk youth in the areas of athletics and nutrition.

 

WHO:

 Brendan Schaub, UFC® Heavyweight AND Rory MacDonald, UFC® Welterweight

 

WHAT:

 Brendan Schaub and Rory MacDonald will help lead a MMA after-­-school class for disadvantaged youths as part of UFC Community Works®

 

WHERE:

 Old School Muay Thai

 225 Richmond Street West, Toronto

 

WHEN:

 Thursday, September 20, 2012

 

4:00 p.m. – 5:30 pm ET

 

UFC® 152: JONES vs. BELFORT, presented by Assassin’s Creed III, Igniting the Revolution on October 30th, will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on Shaw Communications, Bell TV, Sasktel and Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High Definition.

 

For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.

 

About the Ultimate Fighting Championship®

 

Universally recognized for its action-packed, can’t-miss events that have sold out some of the biggest arenas and stadiums across the globe, the UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas and with offices in London, Toronto and Beijing, UFC produces more than 30 live events annually and is the largest Pay- Per-View event provider in the world. In 2011, the UFC burst into the mainstream with a landmark seven-year broadcast agreement with FOX Sports Media Group. The agreement includes four live events broadcast on the FOX network annually, with additional fight cards and thousands of hours of programming broadcast on FOX properties FX and FUEL TV. This also includes the longest-running sports reality show on television, The Ultimate Fighter®, which now airs on FX.

 

In addition to its reach on FOX, UFC programming is broadcast in over 149 countries and territories, to nearly one billion homes worldwide, in 20 different languages. UFC content is also distributed commercially in the United States to bars and restaurants through Joe Hand Promotions, in English throughout Canada via Premium Sports Broadcasting Inc. and in French throughout Quebec via Interbox. The UFC also connects with tens of millions of fans through its website, UFC.com, as well as social media sites Facebook and Twitter. UFC President Dana White is considered one of the most accessible and followed executives in sports, with over two million followers on Twitter. Ancillary UFC businesses include best-selling DVDs, an internationally distributed magazine, UFC.TV offering live event broadcasts and video on demand around the world, the best-selling UFC Undisputed® video game franchise distributed by THQ, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel and trading cards.