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LAS VEGAS, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Literally the biggest fight card of all time will detonate at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas on Saturday night as the Ultimate Fighting Championship®( )organization presents UFC 146: THE HEAVYWEIGHTS on Pay-Per-View. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120525/LA14284) The first ever all-heavyweight main card is headlined by UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos making his first title defense against the most successful...
LAS VEGAS, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reigning UFC® heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos may be wrapped in UFC gold now, but there was a time where he was just another poor kid from Brazil, dreaming of one day becoming a fighter and making a better life for himself. Nicknamed 'Cigano' after a character in a Brazilian soap opera he resembled, dos Santos grew up in poverty in Cacador, southern Brazil. He gravitated to the judo and jiu-jitsu fighters who trained in a local gym,...
LAS VEGAS and BOCA RATON, Fla., May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zuffa LLC, the owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (www.ufc.com) announced today that it has signed an agreement with AppTech Corp (US OTC: APCX, www.apptechcorp.com) to give AppTech exclusive rights to distribute UFC® branded apps, multimedia and interactive content to mobile carriers and portals in all of Latin America, including Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay,...
SYDNEY and LONDON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship® has confirmed it will film an Australian edition of its hit reality television series, The Ultimate Fighter® ('TUF'), giving Aussie and British mixed martial artists the opportunity to secure a lucrative contract with the world's preeminent mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. Registration is now open to all aspiring UFC fighters from Australia and the UK. Prospective competitors should...
HERNDON, Va., May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Joe Lauzon, fighter for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), will appear for a meet and greet at the Cox Solutions Center in Fairfax, VA. Lauzon will available for photo opportunities and signing...
LAS VEGAS, May 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ultimate Fighting Championship®( )applauds the lawmakers of the state of Vermont following the successful vote of a bill to regulate Mixed Martial Arts, which recently passed through the Vermont Legislature. The "The Green Mountain State" becomes the 46th in the U.S. to approve the fastest-growing sport in the world. "Vermont's legislation of the sport of MMA is further evidence of the continued growth and success of our sport in this...
Anheuser-Busch InBev Issues Warnings in Advance of Annual Meeting in Brussels SAN FRANCISCO, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B InBev) issued a warning to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) cage fighting group that homophobic and sexist comments would not be tolerated. The comments came on the eve of the beer giant's annual shareholders meeting April 25 in Brussels, Belgium. The Brazilian managed global corporation has also generated recent...
LAS VEGAS, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- What would inspire an entertainment industry veteran to shut down his entire life in the New York City area, buy a camera, move to a small town of 2500 people in Thamesford, Ontario, Canada, by himself, to film the story of a professional fighter, and the two deaths that surround his life; the death of his father, and the untimely death of his best friend, mentor, trainer and manager, Shawn Tompkins? Well, the answer points to this veteran...
LAS VEGAS, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a pro football player, a college football standout about to be drafted to the pros, and the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion of the world, proud parents Arthur and Camille Jones of Endicott, New York, may have the most athletic sons in America. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click...
ATLANTA, April 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Few have what it takes to make it to the Ultimate Fighting Championship®( )(UFC) Octagon cage, but the fighters of Team Metro, sponsored by MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE: PCS), are ready for victory. Former heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez and former lightweight champion Frankie "The Answer" Edgar will be giving exclusive, behind-the-scenes UFC access to MetroPCS customers and UFC fans. MetroPCS will offer live chats and interviews,...
