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The UFC is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first event today, and many within the MMA community have shown appreciation for the industry-leading organization.
After traveling back Denver, which was the birthplace of the octagon, for UFC Fight Night 139 this past weekend, Monday marked exactly 25 years since UFC 1 unfolded and changed the landscape of combat sports forever.
Such a monumental landmark in the sport’s history is worthy of celebration, and plenty of fighters, personalities and others in the sport took to social media to reflect and celebrate. Check out some of those reactions below.
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Happy 25th Birthday to the @ufc! Take some time to celebrate with @benfowlkesMMA, won’t you?
Watch the full #BeerGoggleHistory episode here: https://t.co/x3FPAhGqg1 pic.twitter.com/6DGvqSACAd
— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) November 12, 2018
25 years ago today, I was a small part of something that changed my life forever. Thank you and Happy 25th Anniversary to the @ufc you will always have a special place in my heart pic.twitter.com/zLU51XVsDl
— Big John McCarthy (@JohnMcCarthyMMA) November 12, 2018
Happy birthday @UFC, you’re 25 years old! Best org. in the world. Sometimes you see something so special you wanna share. So on your birthday here is a photo of every person to wear a UFC title. Congrats to everyone on this photo. Great job @mmahistorytoday ! Happy B-Day DC pic.twitter.com/QIIYZReMLO
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) November 12, 2018
Happy 25th anniversary @ufc can’t wait for the next 25 https://t.co/Y6cQvSbt0c
— Paul Felder (@felderpaul) November 11, 2018
Happy Birthday @ufc! You have given me the opportunity to live my lifelong dream as an elite professional athlete! I am forever grateful and will continue to light up the arena’s and stadiums across the globe. #Dreamscometrue #ufc #10-0 #thedevastator #ballersball #forthefans
— Dominick Reyes (@DomReyes) November 12, 2018
#Repost @ufc with get_repost
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25 years of EPIC comebacks! Which one comes to mind first? #UFC25Years @ Toms River, New Jersey https://t.co/mHKmnpUjoV— Frankie Edgar (@FrankieEdgar) November 12, 2018
25 looks good on you, @ufc. Happy Birthday! #UFC25Years
Can’t wait for #UFCBrooklyn on Jan. 19 pic.twitter.com/U8vFlOdPJZ
— Barclays Center (@barclayscenter) November 12, 2018
Happy 25th Birthday @UFC! We will be celebrating today on the podcast with both @bisping and @luisjgomez in studio in NYC! What is your favorite UFC memory! We will read the best ones on today’s show! (Live at 1pm ET)
— BelieveYouMePodcast (@BYMPod) November 12, 2018
Back home in Texas after a fun #ufc fight week for their 25th anniversary show. Honored to be apart of it! @ufc pic.twitter.com/TWetQ6cLCx
— Mark Delarosa (@delarosa_mark) November 12, 2018
Greatest upset of the last 25 years?
#UFC25Years pic.twitter.com/ajdNPW7XQl
— UFC (@ufc) November 12, 2018
Happy 25th Anniversary UFC. I’ve been with the ufc since 2007. I have so manny great memories inside the octagon. #TheAnvil #UFC #25 @ Los Angeles, California https://t.co/ttlcNGp4IZ
— Manny Gamburyan (@MannyGamburyan) November 12, 2018
Happy and proud that I was part of it for 12 years !!! #ufc50 #ufc90 https://t.co/zJmRuWdSDH
— patrick cote (@patrick_cote) November 13, 2018
— Gary H Goodridge (@garyhgoodridge) November 12, 2018
Happy Birthday UFC @ufc
25 years on the MMA TOP in the World
Congratulations @danawhite
Поздравляю UFC с 25и летием!
Отдельный респект @danawhite @ufc @ufcrussia @reebok @reebok_russia#ufc #oleynik #mma #champion #ufc25years #олейник #спорт #бои #мма #чемпион #победа #reebok pic.twitter.com/lhn4jPnCbG— Alexey Oleynik (@oleynikufc) November 12, 2018
Today in MMA History: UFC 1 marks the start of something new #UFC25Years (via @benfowlkesMMA) https://t.co/ZVlsty3abY
— MMAjunkie (@MMAjunkie) November 12, 2018
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