UFC is giving back to the city of Las Vegas.

In the wake of the tragic shooting that took the lives of 59 people and counting, UFC president Dana White has announced how his company will be helping to heal the city it calls home.

Speaking to Las Vegas newspaper the Review-Journal, Dana White revealed that UFC will be donating $1 million to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragedy.

UFC president Dana White tells me the organization will donate $1 million to the families of those affected by the tragedy in Las Vegas

— Adam Hill (@AdamHillLVRJ) October 2, 2017

Las Vegas is the home of UFC's headquarters and as the fight capital of the world, has hosted many of the MMA organisation's biggest fights of all time.

White also confirmed that UFC 216 will go ahead at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena this Saturday night as scheduled.