Press Release – 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, Montréal – ‘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.
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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.
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