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Holly Madison to be 'Guest' Octagon Girl for UFC(R) 100 This Saturday Night

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 10:23 CDT

LAS VEGAS, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Already in Las Vegas for her newly-premiered and well-received production at Planet Hollywood called "Peep Show", Holly Madison expressed interest at a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship event that she wanted to take a spin around the Octagon(R) for UFC(R) 100 this Saturday night. The fight card, taking place at Mandalay Bay, is expected by every measure to be the biggest event in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's(R) history with a unified heavyweight title on the line between Brock Lesnar versus Frank Mir and a welterweight championship fight between Georges "Rush" St-Pierre and #1 contender Thiago "Pitbull" Alves.

Holly Madison joins the lovely posse of Octagon Girls(TM) known to their UFC fans as Arianny Celeste, Edith Labelle and Logan Stanton. "It's been a dream of mine since becoming a fan of the UFC and watching the incredible athleticism of the fighters, to do the honors of being an Octagon Girl for a night," said Madison.

"UFC 100 marks the biggest event in the history of our company, so it's the perfect time to bring in the Ultimate Octagon Girl, Holly Madison. Not only is Holly one of the world's most beautiful women, but she is a huge fan and supporter of the UFC, and we're looking forward to having her with us on July 11th," said Dana White, the president of the UFC.

UFC 100 takes place this Saturday, July 11 live from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The sold out event is available live on Pay-Per-View starting at 10pm ET/7pm PT. Fans may also see Holly LIVE on www.UFC.com/BK

About The Ultimate Fighting Championship(R)

The Ultimate Fighting Championship(R) is the world's leading professional mixed martial arts organization and offers the premier series of MMA sports events. Owned and operated by Zuffa(TM), LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC(R) produces over twelve live pay-per-view events annually that are distributed residentially through North American cable and satellite providers including iNDEMAND Networks, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN Entertainment, BellTV, SaskTel Max(TM), Shaw Pay-Per-View, Viewers Choice, and WOWOW in Japan, and Premiere Combate and SporTV in Brazil, and via the Internet worldwide on Yahoo! Sports, and commercially through Joe Hand Promotions in the U.S. and Canadastar in Canada. In addition to its North American distribution, UFC programming is distributed in over 100 countries and territories throughout the world.

Ultimate Fighting Championship(R), Ultimate Fighting(R), UFC(R), The Ultimate Fighter(R), Submission(R), As Real As It Gets(R), Zuffa(R) , The Octagon(TM) and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, registered service marks, trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC and licensed to its affiliated entities and other licensees in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC, its affiliates or other respective owners.

SOURCE Ultimate Fighting Championship

Source: PR Newswire

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