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Ohio Athletic Commission readies for UFC return, continued MMA growth |
Ohio Athletic Commission Executive Director Bernie Profato vividly remembers his introduction to big-time MMA.
For the first time in the organization's history, the Ultimate Fighting Championship ventured to a major Midwest market. The March 2007 event, UFC 68, featured a title fight between reigning heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia and UFC hall-of-famer Randy Couture.
"When I went to that first UFC event at Nationwide, when I got home after the event, my wife thought something was wrong," Profato said. "She wanted to take me to the doctor. She asked, 'Are you on drugs or something?' It was just such a high, and it felt like it took 10 days to come down from it."
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