Wausau Teen’s Make-A-Wish Dream Brings Him to Chicago PFL Match
Wausau leukemia survivor Ayden Leonhardt, 17 and cancer-free, had his Make-A-Wish dream fulfilled with a trip to Chicago to attend a Professional Fighters League (PFL) mixed martial arts match, a wish years in the making. Local Wausau police and fire…
Wausau Rhinelander, WI, October 16, 2026 —
Ayden Leonhardt, a 17-year-old leukemia survivor from Wausau who is cancer-free, had a long-awaited wish fulfilled with a trip to Chicago to attend a Professional Fighters League mixed martial arts match.
The trip was described as a Make-A-Wish dream years in the making. Local police and fire departments in Wausau provided a send-off for Leonhardt and his father before they set out for Chicago.
The account identifies the destination as a PFL match but does not provide the event date, venue, opponents or details about the match. It also does not specify when Leonhardt’s wish was requested or how the trip was arranged. No statements from Leonhardt, his father or representatives of the police, fire departments or Make-A-Wish were included.
Leonhardt’s cancer-free status and the send-off from local emergency services are the central details provided about the trip. The information available does not describe his leukemia treatment, when he became cancer-free or what the send-off involved beyond the participation of Wausau police and fire departments. It likewise does not say whether other family members or community representatives traveled with him.
The trip brought Leonhardt to Chicago to attend the sporting event he had wished to see. Further details about the schedule, the experience at the match or what happened after the trip were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by Mayra Parrilla Guerrero on www.wsaw.com, see more information here.
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