UFC President Dana White makes plea to help find the missing daughter of a Boston firefighter
UFC president Dana White sent out a message earlier today urging his followers to help find a missing teenage girl in the city of Boston.
Abigail Jenkins, a 19-year-old living in Dorchester, was reported missing by her family on October 31. Dana White provided her details in the tweet and requested everyone to inform the police if they come across any information regarding Jenkins.
The heart of the matter
Abigail Jenkins was last seen on October 28, and the missing report was filed with the Boston Police Department two days later.
Boston.com reports that a spokesperson close to the matter has said that police are now conducting "active investigation". Her friends and family claimed on social media that she was last seen at a location near Bowdoin Street.
The firefighter Dana White mentioned in his tweet happens to be a Dorian Jenkins, Ladder 6, as per Boston Fire Fighters' official Twitter account.
Dana White previews UFC Vegas 13
The UFC is awaiting a packed card for their event tonight set to take place at UFC Apex.
UFC Vegas 13 will be headlined by Glover Teixeira and Thiago 'Marreta' Santos, who is returning to the Octagon after nearly a year and half. Also on the main card is the Heavyweight bout between Andrei Arlovski vs. Tanner Boser as the co-main event.
Dana White took to Twitter earlier today to preview the night's card for the fans.
Dana White sounded particularly excited about the Marcos Rogerio de Lima and Alexandr Romanov fight on the prelims card. De Lima had a brilliant first-round knockout victory earlier this year in February over Ben Sosoli.
Romanov is also coming off a dominating second-round submission win over Roque Martinez on his UFC debut in September. Dana White has every reason to be excited about this potentially action-packed Heavyweight fight.
Another fight Dana White seemed excited about was Raoni Barcelos and Khalid Taha. Barcelos is on a four-win streak in UFC and has an MMA record of 15-1, with his only loss coming back in 2014. Among his 15 wins, 10 have come via submissions and knockouts.
Taha, on the other hand, has managed only one victory in UFC. The win came against Boston Salmon after a loss to Nad Narimani. He did win his next fight via submission over Bruno Silva at UFC 243. However, the result was overturned as Taha was handed a one-year suspension by USADA for testing positive for a banned substance.
Traces of furosemide (diuretics) were found in his competition urine sample, which came from a medicine he took to treat swelling and inflammation in his eyes. Taha became eligible to fight again in October this year.