David Loiseau Literally Wants To Fight For His Parent's Country(Haiti)
by Kelvin Hunt on Jan 15, 2010 11:00 AM EST
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From Sherdog:
"Everybody is reaching out in their industries. I’m a fighter and I have access to the UFC, so I’m stepping up," said Loiseau. "I’ll give every single penny up. Zuffa and my sponsors Tapout can write a check to the Haiti fund of their choice."
"People are sleeping outside or in their cars fearing that their houses will come down on them. They can hear others crying through the rubble, but they don’t have the machinery to get to them," he said. "These people are in a way worse position than me. I want to do what I do, which is fight, to inspire the Haitians and people all over the world and to let them know the MMA community is thinking of them."
Loiseau has an uncle and grandparents that live in Port au Prince, the area where the earthquake hit the hardest. Loiseau had a relative to die in the quake when her home fell in and crushed her, she was 96 years old. I think it's very noble of Loiseau to offer this gesture to help out the people in Haiti. With sponsorships and his base salary, he would probably be able to reach six figures to send to Haiti. The UFC did the UFC: Fight For The Troops event here in North Carolina in December of 2008 to raise money for military personnel. I would say instead of having Loiseau donate his entire fight purse, why not donate proceeds from an upcoming UFN or something to the country if they are entertaining Loiseau's idea? That would generate a lot more money and help many more people in my opinion. Of course, if you want to donate some money to the recovery efforts in Haiti. Click here.
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We’re all huge fans of the sport. And things like this remind us that these guys are, first and foremost, real people with families.
About eleven years ago I went to Haiti on a mission trip with an ecumenical Christian group from several different universities here in North Carolina (UNC, State, Duke, Shaw, Peace, UNC-G, etc….). I can tell you that, without question, it was the trip that has meant the most to my life. And it wasn’t just the poverty. It was the graciousness of the people there. I can only speak anecdotally, but the families and individuals that we met were exceptionally kind. But the thing that got me the most, folks? The happiness of most of the folks there. For a nation that has gone through everything that Haiti has, I was awestruck by the attitudes of most of the people that we met. And these weren’t a carefully selected sampling of people. We went all throughout the markets of Port au Prince, out in the farming areas in Jacmel and several other rural towns. I could go on for hours, but I’ll just say that everytime I have something rough going on, I think about the children and adults that I saw there and I realize how little I really have to complain about. Anyway, I know that times are tough all over now and have been for awhile but if you have a couple bucks to spare, you could do much worse than donating it to charities such as Food For The Poor (over 90% of the money donated goes to “on the ground” food relief. WAY more than most charities, and they can ensure that it will get where it needs to go). I’m not one for mushy rhetoric, I’m really not. But my words can’t describe how much we have to be thankful for, and how worthwhile an effort it is for us to do what we can for the folks there.
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I know this is a MMA board…but as a man of GOD and faith…I would be remist if I didn’t encourage and provide links for people to try to help with the recovery effort. I always say…no matter how tough life is…someone is always more worse off than you are.
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