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URCC Global launches its biggest, most exciting, adrenaline-pumping fight card 'Raw Fury' at Cove Manila on April 27, highlighted by the middleweight showdown between Chris Hofmann and Musa Conteh, as well as the featherweight bout between Mark Striegl and Shunichi Shimizu. Founded by Filipino-Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Alvin Aguilar, the Universal Reality Combat Championship (URCC) started the mixed martial arts (MMA) trend in the Philippines with its inaugural event at the Casino Filipino Ampitheater in Paranaque City on Nov. 23, 2002, and has since become the breeding ground for world-class Filipino fighters who have charted their own respective legacies in the global MMA arena. Since last year, the URCC marked its foray towards global domination in the mixed martial arts (MMA) scene with the creation of URRC Global, spearheaded by its new chairman Arnold Vegafria. Under its strengthened leadership, URCC Global hopes to penetrate the Southeast Asia region and f...

Mixed martial arts fighter Ali Khatibi has said that he becomes more of a man whenever he avoids temptations. "It's true sinabi ko 'yun na you become more of a man if you could resist and say no to temptations. 'Yun kasi yung mga mahihirap gawin in life to say no, you know what I mean," said Khatibi, during an interview on "Tonight With Boy Abunda" on ABS CBN. Khatibi, husband of actress Cristine Reyes, told the late-night program how he resists temptations. "Pag may temptation, tumalikod ka and walk away as soon as you feel it. Just go the other way," the Filipino-Iranian athlete said. Khatibi also said that he is faithful to his wife. "Yes, Very much." He also describes his family as "a pot of gold." "I see my family na sila po 'yung treasure ko talaga. Sila yung wealth ko, sila yung importante sa akin," Khatibi said. Khatibi appeared on the show to promote his first movie "Double...