US Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), calling it a uniquely American success story and comparing its rise to one of the nation's greatest achievements, the moon landing. Rubio highlighted UFC's ability to bring together people from different social, economic, and geographic backgrounds. He also described the planned UFC event at the White House as a 'historic' moment.

The development comes just days before UFC holds its first-ever fight at the White House in Washington, D.C.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio extolled the virtues of the Ultimate Fighting Championship as being intrinsically American, likening its creation to putting the first man on the…