‘Shogun’ Rua, Dan Henderson, Cung Le, Wanderlei Silva and UFC President Dana White To Attend
Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – In advance of UFC’s return to the Bay Area on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif., the Ultimate Fighting Championship® will host a press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. PT featuring the stars of the upcoming card.The press conference will be held at the San Pedro Square Market at 175 West St. John Street in San Jose. The event will be free and open to the public.
In attendance will be former UFC light heavyweight championMauricio “Shogun” Rua and his opponent, former two-division PRIDE® champion Dan Henderson, as well as co-main event fighters Wanderlei Silva and San Jose’s own, Cung Le. The press conference will be hosted by UFC President Dana White.
Tickets for UFC®139: SHOGUN vs. HENDERSON go on sale Friday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m. PT and are priced at $400, $300, $225, $150, $75 and $50. Tickets are available at the HP Pavilion ticket office, online at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone 800-745-3000.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 10 a.m PT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Thursday, Sept. 29, starting at 10 a.m. PT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
Official UFC VIP packages are also available at http://vip.ufc.com. These packages include tickets to UFC 139, official event merchandise, as well as special VIP experiences with backstage tours and meet and greets with top UFC stars. Get closer to the action than ever before with this unique UFC VIP opportunity.
UFC®139: SHOGUN vs. HENDERSON will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, BellTV, Shaw Communications, 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.
WHO: MAURICIO “SHOGUN” RUA, former UFC light heavyweight champion
DAN HENDERSON, former two-division PRIDE® champion
CUNG LE, UFC middleweight and San Jose resident
WANDERLEI SILVA, UFC middleweight superstar
WHAT: UFC® 139 TICKET ON-SALE PRESS CONFERENCE
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. PT
WHERE: San Pedro Square Market
175 West St. John Street
San Jose, CA 95110
For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
About Ultimate Fighting Championship®
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® produces over 12 UFC live Pay-Per-View events annually around the world. UFC programming is distributed in the United States on Viacom, Inc.’s Spike TV and on Comcast, Inc.’s VERSUS network. Beginning November 12, 2011 FOX will broadcast four fights annually. In spring 2012, The Ultimate Fighter®, UFC’s signature weekly reality TV show debuts on FX. Globally, UFC programming is broadcast in over 132 countries and territories, reaching 597 million homes worldwide, in 21 different languages.
UFC® also boasts a powerful presence online, with UFC.com attracting over seven million unique visitors per month, while also possessing one of the most powerful social media followings in all of professional sports. To date, UFC has over six million fans on Facebook and over 300,000 followers on Twitter. In addition, UFC President Dana White is one of the most accessible and most followed executives in sports with over 1.6 million followers on Twitter. On January 22, 2011, UFC continued to set trends in social media, becoming the first major sports league to stream live, broadcast quality action on Facebook.
Ancillary businesses include best-selling DVDs, a bimonthly magazine, the best-selling UFC “Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC Gym™, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo™ festivals, branded apparel, trading cards,and articulated action figures.
About HP Pavilion
HP Pavilion at San Jose hosts nearly 100 sporting events annually including more than 40 San Jose Sharks regular season home games, SAP Open men’s professional tennis, and. The building hosts approximately 170 events every year — including Olympic athletes, Grammy award-winners and a variety of family and children’s favorites that account for more than 200 event days. Pollstar, the leading concert industry trade magazine, nominated HP Pavilion at San Jose as “Arena of the Year” for 2005 and 2007. In 2007, Pollstar also recognized HP Pavilion at San Jose based on non-sports attendance as fourth in North America, top 10 in the world. Over the past 10 years, HP Pavilion at San Jose has consistently been in the Top 5 in North America and top 10 in the world.