Las Vegas, Nevada – The
Ultimate FightingChampionship® announced today it will host a September 27
press conference as UFC® 154: ST-PIERRE vs. CONDIT goes on sale to the general
public on Saturday, September 29. Georges St-Pierre returns from injury to face
interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit on Saturday, November 17 at the
Bell Centre.
Ticket information and an
updated UFC® 154 card will be released in the coming days. UFC® Fight Club™
members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event on
Thursday, September 27 at 10 a.m. EST via the website ufcfightclub.com. A
special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter
subscribers on Friday, September 28, starting at 10 a.m. EST. To access this
presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
UFC® 154 presented by the
United States Marine Corps. The Few. The Proud. The Marines.,
will be available live on Pay-Per-View on
November 17 at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH
Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on Shaw Communications, Bell TV, Sasktel and
Viewer’s Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $44.99 US/$49.99 CAN for
Standard Definition and $54.99 US/$59.99 CAN for High Definition.
For more information
orcurrent fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
UFC® 154: ST-PIERRE vs.
CONDIT PRESS CONFERENCE – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
WHEN: Thursday, Sept. 27 – 12:00 p.m. EST
(media check starts at 11:00 a.m.)
WHERE: Montreal Science Centre, 333, de la
Commune Street West, MontrĂ©al – ‘Perspective Room’
WHO: Georges St-Pierre, UFC® Welterweight
Champion
CarlosCondit, UFC® Interim Welterweight
Champion
Tom Wright, UFC® Director of Canadian
Operations
NOTE: *This press conference
will also be streamed live on UFC.com.
About Ultimate Fighting
Championship®
Universally recognized for its action-packed,
can’t-miss events that have sold out some of the biggest arenas and stadiums
across the globe, the UFC® is the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA)
organization. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas and
with offices in London, Toronto and Beijing, UFC produces more than 30
liveevents annually and is the largest Pay-Per-View event provider in the
world. In 2011, the UFC burst into the mainstream with a landmark seven-year
broadcast agreement with FOX Sports Media Group. The agreement includes four
live events broadcast on the FOX network annually, with additional fight cards
and thousands of hours of programming broadcast on FOX properties FX and FUEL
TV. This also includes the longest-running sports reality show on television,
The Ultimate Fighter®, which now airs on FX.
In addition to its reach on
FOX, UFC programming is broadcast in over 149 countries and territories, to
nearly one billion homes worldwide, in 20 different languages. UFC content is
also distributed commercially in the United States to bars and restaurants
through Joe Hand Promotions, in English throughout Canada via Premium Sports
Broadcasting Inc. and in French throughout Quebec via Interbox. The UFC also
connects with tens of millions of fans through its website, UFC.com, as well as
social media sites Facebook and Twitter. UFC President Dana White is considered
one of the most accessible and followed executives in sports, with over two
million followers on Twitter. Ancillary UFC businesses include best-selling
DVDs, an internationally distributed magazine, UFC.TV offering live event
broadcasts and video on demand around the world, the best-selling UFC
Undisputed® video game franchise distributed by THQ, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club
affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel and trading cards.
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