US State Department inks deal to promote mixed martial arts

WASHINGTON, United States — The US State Department is readying to promote President Donald Trump's favored combat sport -- MMA -- under an agreement signed Thursday with UFC, the organization that dominates the mixed martial arts world. "It doesn't matter what color you are, what country we come from, what language we speak, we're all human beings, and fighting is in our DNA," said Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) boss Dana White, a close associate of the Republican president, while s