Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) and NCM Fathom are teaming up again to bring the raw excitement of UFC events to local movie theaters with UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin, broadcast LIVE in high definition on Saturday, June 12 at 10:00 p.m. ET / 7:00 p.m. PT. Former light-heavyweight champion and UFC legend Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell will take on former middleweight champion Rich "Ace" Franklin in the main event broadcast live from General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to 337 select movie theaters nationwide.
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The bitter rivalry between former UFC® light heavyweight champions Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and "Suga" Rashad Evans can no longer be contained inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. UFC officials announced today that on the heels of a sold out UFC 114, a closed circuit viewing event has been added at the MGM Grand Conference Center to give fans the opportunity to witness one of the most anticipated fights in UFC history.
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New York, NY, May 7, 2010 - UFC® welterweight champion Georges "Rush" St-Pierre (20-2-0) will serve as one of the coaches on the twelfth season of Spike TV's most popular original series ever, "The Ultimate Fighter®". One of the most dominant fighters on the planet, St-Pierre will be coaching against the number one contender in the welterweight division, either Josh Koscheck (16-4-0) or Paul Daley (23-8-2), who square off for that honor this Saturday at UFC 113 in St-Pierre's hometown of Montreal. The new season premieres Wednesday, September 15 at 10:00 PM ET/PT featuring some of the best unsigned fighters in the world in the lightweight division. The new season goes into production in June 2010 in Las Vegas and will last six weeks. The cast will be announced later this summer.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Ultimate Fighting Championship® fans in Israel will have their first look at UFC 113 headliners Lyoto Machida and "Shogun" Rua just days before their historic rematch thanks to a new, fully dedicated UFC page on Sport 5 television's web site Sport5.CO.IL.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The UFC® today announced it is teaming up with Findlay Customs and Modern Muscle Las Vegas to release 10 Limited Edition UFC Chevrolet Camaros. The very first car, "#1" will be auctioned to benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes fund, a charity dedicated to providing financial support for the dependents of United States military personnel lost in performance of their duty.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - On Saturday, May 29, two former Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) light heavyweight champions get a chance to let their fists do the talking. After multiple back-and-forth verbal exchanges on the 10th season of The Ultimate Fighter®, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson and "Suga" Rashad Evans are set to headline UFC 114, presented by THQ's "UFC Undisputed 2010" and live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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New York, NY, April 15, 2010 - Two action-packed prelims from the highly-anticipated "ALDO vs. FABER" event will telecast live on Spike TV from the Arco Arena in Sacramento, CA on Saturday, April 24 (9:00-10:00pm ET/6:00-7:00pm PT). "Aldo vs. Faber Prelims Live" will feature former "The Ultimate Fighter" season one contestant Alex Karalexis (10-4) against Anthony Pettis (8-1) in a battle of lightweight (155 lb) contenders and Leonard Garcia (17-5-1) vs. Chan Sung Jung (10-1) in a featherweight (145 lb) contest.
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Meet Chuck Liddell, The Pit Fight Team, and TapouT crew at the grand opening of the ULTIMATE ICEMAN Store at 588 California Blvd in San Luis Obispo, California from 12pm to 5pm. The first 100 guests will receive Chuck Liddell autographs and there will be special giveaway prizes throughout the day. Guests can also sample the new Iceman Supplements, enter to win Chuck's next fight shorts, purchase Iceman memorabilia and clothing and TapouT merchandise.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - UFC® fans in Vancouver today set a new record for the fastest sellout in history, with UFC 115 selling out just 30 minutes after the ticket pre-sale started this morning at 10am PT.
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Las Vegas, NV - "Fans and media have been asking me for weeks what is happening on The Ultimate Fighter Season 11, saying things like 'is Tito off the show, is Chuck fighting Rich.' Today, I'm officially announcing that Chuck Liddell will fight Rich Franklin at UFC 115. I wish I could tell you why, but everyone's just going to have to watch The Ultimate Fighter Season 11 on Spike TV. What I can say is that these are two UFC legends, and they give everything they have in every second of a fight. Both of these guys are looking to get back to the top of the light heavyweight division. Liddell and Franklin at 205 pounds is going to be a war, and I can't wait to do our first UFC event ever in Vancouver," said UFC President Dana White.
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Celebrity athlete and UFC sports legend Chuck Liddell will be immortalized in wax May 29 at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas.
The Liddell figure will be officially unveiled Friday, May 28 at 10:30am PT in front of thousands of fans gathered at the UFC Fan Expo (ufcfanexpo.com) taking place May 28-29 at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The light-heavyweight title will be on the line on when the Ultimate Fighting Championship® returns to the Bell Centre in Montreal. At UFC® 104 last October, light heavyweight champion Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida and challenger Mauricio "Shogun" Rua engaged in a back-and-forth five round battle resulting in the champion retaining his belt via a razor-thin unanimous decision. On Saturday, May 8, these two warriors will square off once again with the championship on the line for UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2, live from the Bell Centre.
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Las Vegas, NV - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization, Canucks Sports and Entertainment and the City of Vancouver announced today that UFC 115 will take place in the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at General Motors Place on Saturday, June 12.
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Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Home to two of the first five Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) events, Charlotte, North Carolina will once again host the premier organization in mixed martial arts on Wednesday, March 31st, as the UFC returns to Charlotte for the first time in nearly 15 years with a spectacular card at the Bojangles Coliseum featuring the lightweight showdown between two-time title challenger Kenny Florian and Japanese superstar and former PRIDE champion Takanori Gomi. This bout will headline the latest edition of Spike TV's hit UFC® Fight Night™ series, which airs at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
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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 Thailand.
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