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Winnipeg Jets players visit UFC Performance Institute

The UFC will head to Winnipeg this December for UFC on FOX 26. In anticipation, some of the city’s favorite sports players took to Las Vegas to get a UFC experience. Five Winnipeg Jets players visit UFC Performance Institute to train with UFC middleweight Uriah Hall and Hall of Fame fighter Forrest Griffin.

Shawn Matthias, Joel Armia, Brendan Lemieux, Dmitry Kulikov and Ben Chiarot got a firsthand experience of how UFC athletes train on a daily basis.