Tickets for UFC 81: Breaking Point featuring Brock Lesnar vs. Frank Mir go on sale for the general public on Sunday, December 9 at 10am PT. Tickets for UFC Fight Club members go on sale Wednesday, December 5 and newsletter subscribers can purchase tickets Friday, December 7.
UFC 81 happens on Saturday, February 2 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Most martial arts fans know of Cung Le’s Sanshou kickboxing prowess. After all, the man is undefeated in that style of kickboxing. That said, the undefeated record only tells part of the story on his Sanshou prowess.
Just check out one of those ESPN reruns for the rest of it. Le simply brings an unheard of level of excitement to those kickboxing matches with explosive throws, strikes, and especially that patented scissor kick of his (where he whips his heel into his opponent’s stomach while at the same time using his other leg to sweep them).
So the question when he started his MMA career on March 10, 2006 was, can he bring those unorthodox striking skills to the cage with the same exciting results?
After five mixed martial arts encounters, it seems that the answer is a resounding yes. And now fresh off a victory over Sam Morgan at the Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives event on November 16, 2007, MMAFighting.com’s Robert Rousseau was lucky enough to get a chance to talk with him. The topics?
How about the possibility of really getting in a cage with Frank Shamrock and hypothetically getting in one with UFC Middleweight Champion, Anderson “The Spider” Silva?
MMAFighting.com: First thing’s first. . . Congratulations on the win over Sam Morgan. Did that fight go down how you expected it to?
Cung Le: I think he came out swinging for the fences. I didn’t expect those looping punches. . . He got a couple of shots in and I just shook them off and pressed the action. I took what he gave me. ………
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Mixed martial arts fans, particularly those in Canada, have long been awaiting the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s debut north of the U.S. border. According to UFC vice president Marc Ratner, the wait may soon be over.
He stated to MMAWeekly.com, “The UFC is looking at April 19 right now to come to Montreal, Canada. It’s still tentative as we’re in final negotiations with the Bell Centre, but we’re very confident that it’s going to happen.”
The UFC’s plans to promote an event in Canada have been in the works for a very long time. Their plans have long hinged on the participation of current welterweight contender and former champion Georges St-Pierre. He is very popular in the U.S., but even more so in his home country of Canada.
“We really hope Georges comes through in his upcoming bout, win or lose, without any injuries because that would be a huge fight,” said Ratner.
It seems like the stars have aligned for St-Pierre of late. A month ago, he was sitting on the sidelines waiting for the outcome of a Hughes versus Serra title bout. Now, not only does he have an interim title shot against Hughes, but it also looks as if he may have the opportunity to then fight in front of his hometown fans.
If the UFC is able to secure a date in April for Montreal, other Canadians that are likely to be included on the roster include Jason MacDonald, Patrick Cote, and Jeff Joslin, though none of them have been confirmed by the promotion.
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Scratched from his UFC 79 main event with Matt Hughes because of injury, UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra has now been booked to a host a party for the Dec. 29 event — at Madison Square Garden.While UFC 79 is set to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Serra (a New Yorker) will host a viewing party at New York’s world-famous sporting venue. “The Garden” is located in the heart of New York City.
UFC fan club members will get the first crack at tickets starting this Thursday, Dec. 6. The price is $30 for a general admission ticket — or $25 if you order before Dec. 22. (Fan club members also get to take part in a pre-event autograph session.)
Tickets are currently available only to members.
UFC.com newsletter subscribers can purchase tickets Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. ET (with the pre-sale More on Matt Serra To Host NYC UFC 79 Party
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