UFC® “OCTAGON OF EXCELLENCE™” AWARD TO HONOR MCNAIR HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING MUSTANGS

UFC® “OCTAGON OF EXCELLENCE™” AWARD TO HONOR MCNAIR HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING MUSTANGS WITH $10,000 GRANT
 
UFC® 145 WEIGH-INS AND CHECK PRESENTATION TO MCNAIR HIGH SCHOOL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 20 AT FOX THEATRE BEGINNING AT 3 PM
 
Las Vegas, NV — The Ultimate Fighting Championship® will recognize Atlanta’s 2012 McNair High School wrestling program for their accomplishments with an “Octagon of Excellence™” award, which includes a $10,000 grant. The grant will assist the Dekalb County Wrestling Champions with the purchase of uniforms, mats and travel to tournaments for the upcoming season.
 
The “Octagon of Excellence™” award was created by the UFC® to recognize individuals or groups that have excelled in their chosen sport, profession or school. In addition to being named Dekalb County Wrestling Champions for the first time in their school history, the Mustangs also had a number of wrestlers qualify for the state championships. Dr. James Jones, the school’s principal, will also be recognized for increasing the graduation rate at McNair high school from thirty percent in 2003 to over seventy percent in 2009.
 
The award and check presentation will take place prior to the weigh-in’s for UFC® 145: Jones vs. Evans at Fox Theatre on Friday, April 20 at 3 p.m. Official weigh-in’s begin at 4 p.m. and will be streamed live at http://www.UFC.com. The entire wrestling team and Principal Jones will be in attendance. The event is free and open to the public.
 
UFC®145: JONES vs. EVANS will be available live on Pay-Per-View at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on UFC.TV, iN DEMAND, DirecTV, DISH Network, Avail-TVN, and in Canada on BellTV, Shaw Communications, Sasktel, and Viewer’s Choice Canada. In the night’s main event, reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones defends his title against the former UFC light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans. Plus, young prospects Rory MacDonald, Miguel Torres, Brendan Schaub, Michael McDonald and Mark Hominick are also scheduled to compete on the six-fight main card.
 
WHAT:    UFC “Octagon of Excellence™” award and check presentation to McNair High School Wrestling Mustangs, followed by UFC® 145: Jones vs. Evans weigh-in’s
 
WHEN:    Friday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m.
3 p.m. – Check presentation with McNair High School Wrestling Mustangs (open to public)
4 p.m. – UFC® 145: Jones vs. Evans weigh-in’s (open to public)
 
WHERE:     Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
 
For more information or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
 
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 organization. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, and with offices in London, England, Toronto, Canada and Beijing, China, UFC® produces more than 30 live events 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 includes the longest-running sports reality show on television, The Ultimate Fighter®, which now air on FX in an exciting new live format.
 
In addition to its reach on FOX, UFC programming is broadcast in over 150 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. 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, the best-selling UFC Undisputed® video game franchise distributed by THQ, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel, trading cards, and action figures.