Noad Lahat, right, from Israel, grapples with Steven Siler during the second round of a featherweight mixed martial arts bout at a UFC event in San Jose, Calif., July 26, 2014. Lahat won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Posted on 07/28/2014 7:16:43 PM PDT by Nachum
UFC stands for Ultimate Fighting Championship, but the next destination for one of its athletes is shaping up to be the real ultimate fight in comparison with his usual in-cage brawls.
Noad Lahat, 30, is leaving the U.S. temporarily to help defend his family and friends in Israel, which has been under fire from Hamas rockets more than 2,500 times in the past three weeks.
Noad Lahat, right, from Israel, grapples with Steven Siler during the second round of a featherweight mixed martial arts bout at a UFC event in San Jose, Calif., July 26, 2014. Lahat won by unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
The Israeli-born athlete said he’s traveling to back to his native country to rejoin his Israel Defense Forces unit as a reserve soldier if it is mobilized for the fight against Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip.
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Both of his parents were IDF Generals.
I like it when highly visible people do the right thing. It’s a great object lesson for others. I salute the guy for doing this.
G-d speed, Noad!
To refer to him as a UFC fighter is accurate. For the headline to call him a “UFC Star” is ridiculous.
Words mean things.
Noad is a patriot and a real man. Bravo!
He looks Sephardic..... Not a European derived Israeli. Good for him! and Israel!
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