Shane Nelson

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UFC 107: Penn vs. Sanchez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 12, 2009 in Memphis, Tennessee at the FedExForum.

Emmett Smith, a competitive runner and high school track coach at Cortez High School in Phoenix, Arizona, is left without a sense of balance after a brain tumor is removed. He is told that he will never run again, but undaunted, he sets and meets a goal of not only regaining the ability to run, but to run 20 consecutive miles before a year has elapsed. Wheelchair-bound Cindy Duncan's determination gets her admitted to Apollo High School in Glendale, Arizona after she demonstrates that she will not need special attention. Coach Smith (now at Apollo) challenges her to meet the goal of recovering from her injuries (from being hit by a car) to the extent of being able to walk to the podium at graduation to receive her diploma. He bets that she can do it, and will have to wheel himself in her wheelchair the entire three miles to Cortez H.S. if she succeeds.

Dans cette émission, des combattants professionnels de MMA encore peu connus du grand public, vivent isolés le temps de la série dans une maison située près de Las Vegas et s'affrontent pour le titre de The Ultimate Fighter. Les compétiteurs sont divisés en deux équipes, chacune est typiquement entrainée par un athlète reconnu de l'organisation. Le vainqueur de la saison se garantit alors un contrat de plusieurs centaines de milliers de dollars et plusieurs combats au sein de l'UFC.