CONDIT HAS A HEART

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Many people think of the fighters of Mixed Martial Arts as nothing but meat heads, who are hell bent on beating each other to the bare bones but nothing can be farthest from the truth as the UFC Interim Welterweight Champion Carlos Condit displayed when he boarded the plane to San Antonio to spend a couple of hours of his Friday with a 12 year old suffering from pineal teratoma, which is a very rare, non-cancerous form of brain tumor.

Max Hiller is not only a brilliant student but he is also a huge fan of Mixed Martial Arts or MMA. When a few days back he complained to his mother about having a severe headache, his mother Michelle took him to the emergency room of the local hospital where, in a few hours, he had surgery to install a shunt in his brain to relieve him of the accumulated pressure on his brain. Max’s father Sean is a huge fan of the UFC and he sent an e-mail to Carlos Condit via his personal website and in a few hours’ time, Max was sitting on his home couch with the UFC Interim Welterweight Champion by his side.

This gesture was a brilliant move by the Champion, who, instead of sending a goodie package or making a special video for the kid, took the trouble of coming down to San Antonio just to spend a couple of hours with him and help him get the fighting spirit up.

Many people would say that Carlos Condit did it for the publicity but when he was contacted about his arrival in San Antonio, he wouldn’t want to talk even about his destination and was discovered thanks to the internet photos posted by Sean. The heartless fighters do have a heart, it seems!

CONDIT – DIAZ GETS CLOSER

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February 4, 2012 will see the face off between two ultimate fighting champions Carlos Condit and Nick Diaz at the UFC 143 for the title of the Interim UFC Welterweight Champion.

Carlos Joseph Condit is an American mixed martial artist who received national attention for his run as the final WEC Welterweight Champion. Currently he is ranked 6th by Sherdog, and 4th by USA Today Consensus Rankings and has shown consistency in his entire career. Since 2002 he has fought 32 matches out of which he has won 27. Impressive record for the
‘The Natural Born Killer’ who is trained in Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Boxing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico for the team ‘Jackson’s Submission Fighting’. He proudly holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which has given him the strength and experience to win with grace and smoothness.

Carlos Condit was expected to face Josh Koscheck at the upcoming match but, due to a knee injury sustained by Georges St-Pierre, Carlos Condit is now expected to face Nick Diaz at the event. There are high expectations from Condit as he prepares for the big night as a title match could make or break his career.

Jake Ellenberger, one of Carlos Condit’s rivals told ESPN.com that,”That a fight would definitely make sense. In his (Carlos Condit) position, it’s a dangerous fight for him. Going from the title fight to possibly… if he loses, who knows what will happen. But yeah, in a perfect world, I would like that fight myself.” Ellenberger, too, is training for the events in a hope that some exciting matches come his way.

Carlos has bested the likes of Rory MacDonald, Dan Hardy and Dong Hyun Kim in three consecutive bonus winning efforts and proved his worth as a titled champion. He has shown his passion all throughout and has worked very hard do achieve so much in such little time. He may not be at the very top but he has managed to raise the standards of the game. The audience ratings has made him a star when it comes to fight and shows his charisma in the ring.