Edgar and Henderson faceoff – Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images
Press Release – Las Vegas, Nevada – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® returns to the city where it all started – Denver, Colo. – on Saturday, Aug. 11 with the highly anticipated lightweight title rematch between champion Benson Henderson and former divisional kingpin Frankie Edgar.
Henderson, a Colorado Springs native, won the title in February by defeating Edgar, who had held the championship for nearly two years. UFC® 150: HENDERSON vs. EDGAR II will take place at Denver’s Pepsi Center, which also served as the site of UFC 135, where Jon Jones defended the light heavyweight crown by submitting Quinton “Rampage” Jackson last September. UFC also held its very first event in Denver in Nov. 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena.
The UFC will host a free, public press conference tomorrow at 11 a.m. MT at the Ridgeline Room at the Pepsi Center. Henderson, Edgar and UFC President Dana White will be in attendance. The press conference will also be streamed live at www.ufc.com.
Tickets for UFC® 150: HENDERSON vs. EDGAR II go on sale on Friday, June 15 at 10 a.m. MT and are priced at $300, $225, $150, $125, $90, $75 and $45. Tickets will be available at the Pepsi Center Box Office, by calling Ticket Horse at 303-53-HORSE or online at www.TicketHorse.com.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to this event Wednesday, June 13 at 10 a.m. MT via the website www.ufcfightclub.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Thursday, June 14, starting at 10 a.m. MT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
UFC® 150: HENDERSON vs. EDGAR II, which is presented by the United States Marine Corp., 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 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 or current fight news, visit www.ufc.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
About the 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 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 also includes the longest-running sports reality show on television, The Ultimate Fighter®, which now airs on FX in an exciting new live format.
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, UFC GYM®, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo® festivals, branded apparel and trading cards.