The UFC and the Chinese Olympic Committee have announced a multi-year agreement that calls for UFC to play a key role in helping Chinese athletes train for the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. Under the agreement, the UFC will serve as the official high-performance advisor to the Chinese Olympic Committee, while the UFC Performance Institute in Shanghai will serve as the committee’s training center.
The UFC opened the PI Shanghai in June 2019. At 93,000 square feet, it is the world’s largest MMA training and development facility, and nearly three times as large as the original UFC PI in Las Vegas, Nevada. It serves as the UFC’s headquarters in Asia and as a hub to develop and support the next generation of MMA athletes from mainland China and the greater Asia-Pacific region.
The UFC will provide a variety of physical and rehabilitation services to Chinese athletes, with a focus on strength and conditioning, sports science, physical therapy, and nutrition.
Enhancing physical training and making up for the weakness in physical strength is the foundation of preparation for the Olympics,” said the committee in a statement. “We hope the UFC’s scientific training system provides help for Chinese athletes to prepare for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The UFC and the Chinese Olympic Committee had collaborated less formally for the past 18 months, training a selection of China’s national teams for a number of sports including judo, wrestling, speed skating, swimming, track & field, cycling, rowing, sailing, and wind surfing.
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