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Chris Weidman offers fan with cerebral palsy and cancer opportunity to join him for UFC 194 walkout

Damn ninjas cutting onions. You're making it awfully hard for me to root for Luke Rockhold.

UFC middleweight titleholder Chris Weidman is giving one fan the opportunity of a lifetime tonight when he makes his way to the cage to defend his belt.

Ian Matuszak, a decorated jiu-jitsu fighter, student, and huge fan of mixed martial arts, was flown with his family to Las Vegas courtesy the UFC and Weidman.

Born 15 weeks premature in May 1995 along with his triplet siblings, Ian and his brother Alec were diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Both Matuszak boys require walkers to move around daily and motorized wheelchairs for longer distances.