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	Former UFC heavyweight and light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier comments on his good friend and AKA teammate Cain Velasquez, also a former UFC heavyweight champion,&nbsp;being behind bars.
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Eight men have been indicted on murder and terrorism conspiracy charges for their alleged roles in a thwarted drone and sniper attack on the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House in June.

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Court papers say law enforcement officials disrupted a planned attack targeting the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House this past weekend.

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Donald Trump hosted a UFC event on the White House Lawn for his 80th birthday.

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