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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WHO: The Fighter for Life Campaign

WHAT: Fighting Cancer from the Cage

WHEN: Monday, January 28, 2008

Fighter for Life Announces their "Fighting Cancer from the Cage" Global Campaign to Unite MMA fighters in the war against cancer.

Through their website www.fighterforlife.com the Fighter for Life Campaign announced today their "Fighting Cancer from the Cage" membership drive.

Established in 2006, Fighter for Life is a not-for-profit national cancer fighting campaign founded by Mixed Martial Arts fighters and fan’s dedicated to supporting cancer education, research and treatment and committed to raising awareness of the unheralded holistic and integrative cancer treatments that have saved the lives of thousands.

Through their "Fighting Cancer from the Cage" membership drive Fighter for Life aims to create strength in numbers by inviting fighters from around the world to join the campaign, understanding that when fighter memberships number in the thousands and fan memberships in the millions, their collective voice will add considerable muscle to the charities, institutions and events they support.

Fighters of all disciplines are invited to register their information and support at the campaign website at http://www.fighterforlife.com/registerfighter.htm where an individual fighterforlife.com fighters web page will be created for them.

Spearheaded by MMA heavyweight fighter and founder Vaughan Palelei - who donates his entire fight purse to charity in support of the campaign after his father won his own battle with cancer - the Fighter for Life campaign seeks first to build its membership base and then to flex its muscle, aiming to register one thousand members by Memorial day 2008 and three thousand members by New Years Day 2009. A goal of ten thousand registered fighters and one million registered supporters is targeted by 2010.

Campaign Director Jacqui Schrenker puts it…"We are asking one thing from fighters around the world…speak up. Register your voice at fighterforlife.com and be heard. Membership is free. At the heart of the Fighter for Life Campaign it’s about one kind of fighter supporting another. MMA fighters supporting Cancer Fighters."

www.fighterforlife.com is a free online magazine style website that presents a variety of information and entertainment offerings such as the latest MMA and cancer fighting news, fashion for fighters, yoga advice and health and nutrition news for both MMA fighters and Cancer fighters.

For more information, please visit www.fighterforlife.com For Media requests please contact Phyllis Murphy at Windy City PR Phyllis@windycitypr.com or 312 212 0935. For Sponsorships and Advertising please contact Jacqui Schrenker at Jacqui@fighterforlife.com or 630 536 7725.

 

 

Fighter for Life Co-Founder Vaughan Palelei's Story

"I was made aware of the existence of some of these alternative therapies after I made the acquaintance of two people who had fought their own battles with cancer. They had both used an alternative therapy protocol called  Cesium/Hi PH Therapy, and are both living testimonials to the success of alternative therapies and the life changing, life saving effects that awareness can bring.

Knowing that these unheralded alternative treatments had saved their lives was astounding enough, but it wasn’t until that fight came right to my doorstep that it really hit home.  

In 2000 my Father was diagnosed with bladder cancer.  He went through chemotherapy several times, but the growths returned and started to spread. Early in 2005 he began to research alternative therapies and he finally settled on a herbal remedy called Essiac.  Essiac™ is a herbal tea that came from a Native Ojibwa medicine man and was introduced to the world by a Canadian nurse Rene Caisse. Interestingly enough, in 1938  Essiac™  was three votes away from being voted, in the Canadian Parliament, as the official cure for cancer in Canada.  My Father discontinued all conventional treatments and took his daily dose of Essiac. I am happy to say my Dad has been winning his battle. He has been back to his Doctors for three separate cystoscopies over the last two years and they have come back clear each time. Has he beaten his disease? So far, yes. He is winning his war. The story of the ongoing victory for my Father and the other fighters who have fought and won is what led me to my decision to come out of retirement, dust off the gloves and step back into the ring....this time, not for money, not for fame or even the thrill of victory.  This time I fight for a cause. the campaign to beat Cancer."

 "I am doing this because I believe that alternative therapies can save lives. My hope is that through this website and the actions that I take inside and outside of the ring, I can bring some attention to these options. Hopefully, others will be encouraged to empower themselves with as much information as they can, and arm themselves with the right resources that will help save their lives. Knowledge will always be Power. The more you have, the greater your chances of survival." 

Vaughan Palelei 2007

 

 

 

Nickname:                  FIGHTER  FOR LIFE 
Fighting Out of:          Chicago Illinois 
Height:                         6"2'
Weight:                        260lbs
Record :                      27-2-1                                                    Style:                           Submission Fighting 

2000, 2001 Ironheart Crown Heavyweight Champion                2001, 2002 Total Fight Challenge Heavyweight Champion      1999  JKD Challenge Heavyweight Challenge 

IHC, UA, TFC, TC, IHC, Shidokan,CC, CCF, CU veteran. 

Vaughan began fighting in MMA in 1995 and retired in 2003. He returned to the cage in 2007 at the Chicago Cage Fight and continues to fight to raise money for the Fighter for Life Cancer Fightng Campaign and donates 100% of his fight purse to support the cause.

 

VAUGHAN PALELEI