Soldiers, professional fighters face off at UFC Tour clinic
UFC fighters host clinic.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Capt. Angel Vega, Company B, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, attempts to break free from Ultimate Fighting Championship star Mike Swick's choke hold during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored UFC Tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Feb. 24, 2011. Swick and fellow fighter Kyle Kingsbury headlined the UFC Tour, offering advise on nutrition and training to Soldiers before inviting them to test their skills on the mat. “Being able to have the courage and the Warrior Ethos to meet against professional fighters on a mat proves to me that I’m able to meet any challenge that I want to meet in the future,” Vega said. “If I can meet a professional fighter, I’m pretty sure that I’m going to be able to meet an enemy on the battlefield.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)
Soldiers, professional fighters face off at UFC Tour clinic
UFC fighters host clinic.
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq – Capt. Angel Vega, Company B, Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, attempts to break free from Ultimate Fighting Championship star Mike Swick's choke hold during a Morale, Welfare and Recreation-sponsored UFC Tour at Contingency Operating Base Speicher, Feb. 24, 2011. Swick and fellow fighter Kyle Kingsbury headlined the UFC Tour, offering advise on nutrition and training to Soldiers before inviting them to test their skills on the mat. “Being able to have the courage and the Warrior Ethos to meet against professional fighters on a mat proves to me that I’m able to meet any challenge that I want to meet in the future,” Vega said. “If I can meet a professional fighter, I’m pretty sure that I’m going to be able to meet an enemy on the battlefield.”
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shawn Miller, 109th MPAD, USD-N PAO)