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Rubio compares UFC to moon landing

The Hill · Jun 12, 2026, 1:12 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday compared UFC to America’s monumental 1969 moon landing ahead of the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House this Sunday. “When President Kennedy announced that we were going to put a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth, no one thought that w

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Rubio compares UFC to moon landing

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