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Classy Dana White offers to make terminally ill child’s wish come true

Published 11:38 16 Jan 2016 GMT

Ben Kiely
Classy Dana White offers to make terminally ill child’s wish come true

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Here's a feel good story to kick off your weekend.

Eight-year-old Dorian Murray was originally diagnosed with stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue. Despite having numerous surgeries and treatments surgeries and treatments, his family learned last month the disease was terminal. Dorian wants to achieve a huge feat before he passes on. His last wish is to become famous, but not just anywhere. Dorian wants to be famous in China.
Any prayer warriors in or have contacts in China? FROM DAD'S PAGE:"So, Dorian was over last night. Dorian looked at... Posted by Praying for Dorian on Sunday, January 10, 2016
News quickly spread of Dorian's wish and his story soon went viral. Recently, he received a visit from New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. Gronk gave Dorian a football signed, “To Dorian, stay strong! #dstrong.”
Dorian's story found its way to UFC president Dana White via Twitter. White is notorious for interacting with his followers and although all that was asked of him was to simply retweet a photo, he decided to go the extra mile to help Dorian. https://twitter.com/bigRydza/status/688108905117814786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/688109283003596800 After being informed that Dorian lives is a native of Rhode Island, White offered to help him achieve his dream of becoming famous by putting him on TV during the UFC Fight Night 91 card, headlined by the bantamweight title clash between TJ Dillashaw and Dominick Cruz. https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/688109654912573445 https://twitter.com/bigRydza/status/688110483505729537 https://twitter.com/danawhite/status/688112183641677825

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