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As UFC Fight Week and the UFC Fan Expo get underway, Pro MMA Now’s Las Vegas correspondent Omar CaLiph catches up with the Queen of the Octagon with a few questions about her role with the world’s number one mixed martial arts promotion.
With UFC® 162 just around the corner, the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) and City of Las Vegas are getting ready to celebrate with UFC Fight Week™, presented by Ultimate Poker. From July 3-6, some of the hottest locations around Vegas will host UFC themed events filled with lots of fighter appearances. The full schedule of events is listed below.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) announced more than 50 UFC® stars scheduled to appear at the UFC Fan Expo®, presented by FOX Sports 1, on Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. The largest collection of the sport’s biggest names ever assembled will be featured under one roof in July at the can’t-miss fan event of the year.
The eighth UFC Fan Expo event will take place on Friday, July 5 and Saturday, July 6 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Also, slated for July 6 is UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization is proud to confirm that Tito Ortiz – the longest-reigning light heavyweight champion of all time and one of the biggest personalities in the sport of mixed martial arts – will be the ninth individual to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.
Today the Ultimate Fighting Championship, along with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, announced the first annual International Fight Week taking place July 3 through July 7. In addition to various scheduled parties, concerts and events, UFC 148 will take place during that week, along with a two-day UFC Fan Expo.
The Ultimate Fighting Championship announced more than 50 UFC and STRIKEFORCE stars scheduled to appear at the UFC Fan Expo on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
UFC veteran Tito Ortiz will be the ninth person added to the UFC Hall of Fame. The “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” will fight in the octagon for one last time against Forrest Griffin before retiring at UFC 148 and is expected to be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the UFC Fan Expo prior to the fight.
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship® presents its seventh UFC Fan Expo® event on Friday, July 6 and Saturday, July 7 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. UFC® President Dana White made the announcement today during a press conference to promote UFC® 143, which takes place this Saturday from the Mandalay Bay Events Center.