Dana White: UFC will donate $1M to those affected by Vegas shooting

UFC President Dana White speaks at a news conference. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Dana White says the UFC is planning on donating $1 million to those impacted by Sunday night’s deadly shooting in Las Vegas.

The UFC president spoke with Adam Hill of the Las Vegas Review Journal Monday.

At least 58 people had died and more than 500 were injured as of Monday evening, according to The Associated Press, in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

The UFC’s headquarters are located in Las Vegas. The world’s leading mixed martial arts promotion has held 412 events since 1993 with 112 of those events taking place in Las Vegas.

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