MELBOURNE, Australia – UFC featherweight Shane Young well understands the downer of a message about suicide prevention in a victory speech. But Young, 25, plans to keep delivering it when he’s in the octagon. He points to exploding youth suicide rates among Maori youth in his native New Zealand and said the issue needs to be addressed. “I’m going to keep saying it until it’s the opposite,” he said. “I know last year two kids under 13 that killed themselves,” said Young. “That’s realer than this – (expletive) UFC.
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