Fort Bragg will host a televised charity mixed martial arts card this week to help raise money for a planned $70 million research center for traumatic brain injuries, one of the most common combat injuries suffered by troops in Iraq. Wednesday's Ultimate Fighting Championship event, billed as "Fight For The Troops," will be carried live on cable station Spike from the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville. It is the second sanctioned UFC fight at a U.S. military base, and tickets for the mixed martial arts event are available only to Fort Bragg soldiers. The fight card features five military veterans turned UFC fighters. Luigi Fioravanti, a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, said he wants to put on a good show for his former comrades.

Warriors fighting to help warriors. This is a great tribute to the courage that it takes to be a service member in this day and age. With wars all over the world and plenty of Americans willing to bash the military at home it certainly takes it's toll. So for a group of guys that fight for a living (The UFC fighters not the soldiers) it speaks highly of them to go out and fight to raise money for the other group of professional fighters (our military). Is having this event on a military base good for morale or bad publicity?

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