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UFC 111 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT

UFC 111 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT

UFC® 111 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT – UFC TAKES OVER RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL TO CELEBRATE MEGA-FIGHT

UFC to Hold UFC 111 Viewing Party and Press Conference Inside NYC Landmark

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – UFC® 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy, one of the most anticipated UFC® events ever, is officially sold [...]

March 11 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC LIVE ON VERSUS

UFC CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC LIVE ON VERSUS

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®
CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC® on VERSUS

MAIN EVENT
BRANDON “THE TRUTH” VERA vs. JON “BONES” JONES
CO-MAIN EVENT
JUNIOR “CIGANO” DOS SANTOS vs. GABRIEL “NAPAO” GONZAGA

CHEICK KONGO vs. PAUL BUENTELLO
ALESSIO SAKARA vs. JAMES IRVIN
CLAY GUIDA vs. SHANNON GUGERTY
ELLIOT MARSHALL [...]

March 9 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ASIA’S ASN HD SPORTS CHANNEL

UFC SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ASIA’S ASN HD SPORTS CHANNEL

UFC® SIGNS DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ASIA’S ASN HD SPORTS CHANNEL
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – UFC® today announced it has reached a long-term agreement with ASN, the first 24-hour HD sports channel in Asia to distribute UFC programs in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Macau, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and [...]

March 9 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC AND NCM FATHOM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

UFC AND NCM FATHOM ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® DEBUTS live
ON THE BIG SCREEN NATIONWIDE in high definition
with UFC 111: ST-PIERRE VS. hardy ON
saturday, march 27

NCM Fathom and UFC® Announce Partnership in First-Ever
Year-Long Series of In-Theater UFC Events Beginning this March
in More than 300 Select Movie Theaters

Centennial, Colo. – Feb. 22, 2010 – For the [...]

February 24 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC® WINS LATEST LEGAL BATTLE

UFC® WINS LATEST LEGAL BATTLE

UFC® WINS LATEST LEGAL BATTLE
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Zuffa, LLC, doing business as the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (“UFC®”), was awarded a legal victory today against former champion, Ken Shamrock. Shamrock, who claimed Zuffa had violated certain contractual provisions of his final fight agreement, was demanding several hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation he [...]

February 17 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC ANNOUNCES ANDERSON SILVA vs. DEMIAN MAIA

UFC ANNOUNCES ANDERSON SILVA vs. DEMIAN MAIA

UFC® ANNOUNCES ANDERSON SILVA vs. DEMIAN MAIA
FOR UFC 112 MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FIGHT

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, LIVE FROM FERRARI WORLD
YAS ISLAND, ABU DHABI

Belfort Injured; Maia Steps up to Face Silva for Title Shot
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Following a hard-fought three round win over Dan Miller at UFC 109 that showed him to be [...]

February 13 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO MONTREAL FOR UFC 113: MACHIDA vs. SHOGUN 2

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP RETURNS TO MONTREAL FOR UFC 113: MACHIDA vs. SHOGUN 2

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® RETURNS
TO MONTREAL FOR UFC® 113: MACHIDA vs. SHOGUN 2

LYOTO “THE DRAGON” MACHIDA vs. MAURICIO “SHOGUN” RUA
UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Live from the Bell Centre, Saturday May 8, 2010 – Tickets on sale Saturday, Feb 20 at 10 a.m. ET

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – It was so good, [...]

February 12 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC PRESIDENT DANA WHITE REACHES ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER

UFC PRESIDENT DANA WHITE REACHES ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER

UFC® PRESIDENT DANA WHITE REACHES ONE MILLION FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – As if the battle of Hall of Famers at UFC 109, legalization of the sport in Wisconsin and the first-ever show in Australia at UFC 110 weren’t milestones enough for the Ultimate Fighting Championship®, February also set records on Twitter.
Dana [...]

February 12 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC RETURNS TO CHARLOTTE

UFC RETURNS TO CHARLOTTE

UFC® RETURNS TO CHARLOTTE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEARLY 15 YEARS
AS FLORIAN FACES GOMI AT UFC® FIGHT NIGHT™
TWO LIGHTWEIGHT SUPERSTARS FACE OFF ON SPIKE TV’S UFC FIGHT NIGHT ON MARCH 31st
TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 AT 10 A.M. ET
LAS VEGAS – Home to two of the first five Ultimate Fighting [...]

February 3 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® PRESENTS FIRST-EVER SPANISH LANGUAGE UFC PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT BROADCAST

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®  PRESENTS FIRST-EVER  SPANISH LANGUAGE UFC PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT BROADCAST

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® today announced that for the first time ever, UFC® will broadcast its Pay-Per-View event fully in Spanish. From the moment UFC announcers Troy Santiago and Victor Davila welcome fans to the live event, to the fighter interviews in the Octagon™, right to the end credits [...]

February 2 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC INKS DEAL WITH SOHU.COM

UFC INKS DEAL WITH SOHU.COM

UFC INKS DEAL WITH SOHU.COM – UFC EVENTS TO LIVE BROADCAST ON CHINA’S LEADING SPORTS MEDIA PORTAL STARTING WITH UFC 109
ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® INKS DEAL WITH SOHU.COM

UFC® Events to Live Broadcast on China’s Leading Sports Media Portal Starting with UFC 109
Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Hundreds of millions of sports fans in China [...]

January 28 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 109: RELENTLESS

UFC CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 109: RELENTLESS

THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®
CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC® 109

MAIN EVENT
RANDY “THE NATURAL” COUTURE vs. MARK “THE HAMMER” COLEMAN
CO-MAIN EVENT
NATE MARQUARDT vs. CHAEL SONNEN

MIKE SWICK vs. PAULO THIAGO
DEMIAN MAIA vs. DAN MILLER
MATT SERRA vs. FRANK TRIGG
MAC DANZIG vs. JUSTIN BUCHHOLZ
MELVIN GUILLARD vs. RONYS TORRES
PHILLIPE NOVER vs. ROBERT EMERSON
BRIAN STANN [...]

January 28 2010 | Posted in Buzz, MMA | Read More »

UFC GYM in Concord to Host Grand Opening This Saturday with star UFC fighters

UFC GYM in Concord to Host Grand Opening This Saturday with star UFC fighters

UFC® GYM™ in Concord to
Host Grand Opening This Saturday

UFC President Dana White, Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell, and Star Fighters  Brandon Vera, Anthony Johnson, Jon Fitch, Mike Swick, Josh Koscheck, and Cain Velasquez to Attend

Concord, Calif. (USA) – In what is shaping up to be a can’t-miss event for fitness enthusiasts [...]

January 19 2010 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

A CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE RETURN OF UFC TO NEW JERSEY

A CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTS THE RETURN OF UFC TO NEW JERSEY

A CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLEHEADER HIGHLIGHTS
THE RETURN OF UFC® TO NEW JERSEY

UFC WORLD WELTERWEIGHT TITLE
GEORGES ST-PIERRE vs. DAN HARDY

UFC WORLD INTERIM HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
FRANK MIR vs. SHANE CARWIN

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010

Live from the Prudential Center, Newark, N.J. – Tickets on Sale Saturday, Jan.9 at 10 a.m. ET

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – [...]

January 5 2010 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP AND REED EXHIBITIONS ANNOUNCE DATES FOR THE NEXT UFC FAN EXPO

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP AND REED EXHIBITIONS ANNOUNCE DATES FOR THE NEXT UFC FAN EXPO

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP® AND REED EXHIBITIONS ANNOUNCE
DATES FOR THE NEXT UFC® FAN EXPO™

(LAS VEGAS, NV) – This past July, the first-ever UFC Fan Expo took the sports world by storm, as fans celebrated the past, present, and future of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. So by popular demand, the UFC, in partnership with Reed Exhibitions, has [...]

December 11 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

Joe Lauzon returns Jan. 2 on UFC PPV show

Joe Lauzon returns Jan. 2 on UFC PPV show

Lauzon returns to Octagon vs. Stout
Jan. 2 on UFC108 PPV show in Las Vegas

E. BRIDGEWATER, Mass. (Dec. 10, 2009) – Ten months after undergoing knee surgery to repair his ACL, UFC lightweight contender Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon (18-4, 5 [T]KOs, 13 submissions) returns to The Octagon against veteran Sam “Hands of [...]

December 11 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

TWO LEGENDS COLLIDE AT UFC 109 AS COUTURE TAKES ON COLEMAN

TWO LEGENDS COLLIDE AT UFC 109 AS COUTURE TAKES ON COLEMAN

TWO LEGENDS COLLIDE AT UFC® 109
AS COUTURE TAKES ON COLEMAN

PLUS JOSH KOSCHECK vs. PAULO THIAGO II

ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA vs. BRANDON VERA
NATE MARQUARDT vs. CHAEL SONNEN
MATT SERRA vs. FRANK TRIGG

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center – Tickets on Sale Saturday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m. PT
[...]

December 8 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

CHUCK LIDDELL AND TITO ORTIZ TO COACH SEASON 11 OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER

CHUCK LIDDELL AND TITO ORTIZ TO COACH SEASON 11 OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER

THE BIGGEST FEUD IN UFC® HISTORY CONTINUES

CHUCK LIDDELL AND TITO ORTIZ TO
COACH SEASON 11 OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER®

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – In The Ultimate Fighting Championship®, no feud has been more inspired than the one featuring light heavyweight legends Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz.  The long-standing rivalry [...]

December 6 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 107

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 107

ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP®
CONFIRMS REMAINING BOUTS FOR UFC 107

MIKE PIERCE VS. JON FITCH
CLAY GUIDA VS. KENNY FLORIAN
STEFAN STRUVE VS. PAUL BUENTELLO
WILSON GOUVEIA VS. ALAN BELCHER
SHANE NELSON VS. MATT WIMAN
RICARDO FUNCH VS. JOHNY HENDRICKS
LUCIO LINHARES VS. ROUSIMAR PALHARES
EDGAR GARCIA VS. DAMARQUES JOHNSON
TJ GRANT VS. KEVIN BURNS

Live from FedExForum in Memphis, [...]

December 5 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »

FIRST UFC(r) GYM OPENS DOORS IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA

FIRST UFC(r) GYM OPENS DOORS IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA

FIRST UFC® GYM™ OPENS DOORS IN CONCORD, CALIFORNIA

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – Take one step inside the brand-new, 38,000-square-foot UFC® GYM™ in Concord, Calif. and you’ll quickly learn that this is no ordinary fitness facility. As music pumps through the gym, an enthusiastic teenager swings heavy ropes, visions of Randy Couture dancing in his [...]

December 4 2009 | Posted in MMA | Read More »