UFC® 111 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT
Mar 12, 2010
(PRESS RELEASE) -- UFC® 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy, one of the most
anticipated UFC® events ever, is officially sold out. Now, for
everyone who wants to see Georges St-Pierre, Dan Hardy, Frank Mir
and Shane Carwin live and in person, and watch this epic Ultimate
Fighting Championship® event in New York, the UFC is taking over
Radio City Music Hall and other sites in Manhattan to celebrate the
UFC 111 mega-fight and deliver unprecedented access to the fighters
getting ready to battle for world titles.
Among the first of several planned events, UFC today officially announced it will stage a UFC 111 Viewing Party at the world famous Radio City Music Hall, presenting a closed-circuit screening of this historic fight card. Fight fans can watch all the action in High-Definition on Radio City Music Hall’s 70’ x 35’ screen, the largest screen to ever broadcast UFC® events.
“We are holding this viewing party so all of our fans in New York
can experience UFC 111 at the iconic Radio City Music Hall, one of
the coolest places in the city, and with some of our biggest UFC
stars,” said Dana White, UFC President.
“The excitement of mixed martial arts will once again be on display in New York City with this unique UFC 111 Viewing Party at the Showplace of the Nation, Radio City Music Hall,” said Joel Fisher, executive vice president, MSG Sports. “All the loyal UFC fight fans will have a rare opportunity to come together for this historic night and watch the action on Radio City’s epic 70 foot screen in what will be another electric atmosphere.”
Tickets for the UFC 111 Viewing Party are on sale now and are priced at $25 in advance, or $30 on the day of the event (March 27th). Tickets can be purchased at the Radio City Music Hall Box Office, Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.radiocity.com. Tickets are also available by Ticketmaster phone at 866-858-0008. Doors will open at 7:15pm ET; Q&A Session with UFC fighters and host will begin at 8:00pm ET. UFC 111 Screening begins at 9:00pm ET, including the Spike TV preliminary fights and the entire live UFC 111 Pay-Per-View card.
UFC 111 Viewing Party Schedule:
7:15pm – 8:00pm ET: Doors open/Exclusive Chuck Liddell autograph session for the first 200 attendees
8:00pm – 9:00pm ET: Q&A session with Chuck Liddell, Matt Serra and hosts Bonnar and Ellis on stage
9:00pm – 10:00pm ET: UFC 111 on SPIKE TV prelims air live
10:00pm ET: Pay-Per-View screening begins/UFC 111 goes live!
Fans can get their first glimpse of the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday, March 24, when UFC will hold its traditional pre-fight press conference inside Radio City Music Hall’s main theatre. This event will be FREE and open to the public.
Dana White will take center stage and host the public press conference, with world welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, number one welterweight contender Dan Hardy, and interim heavyweight title contenders Frank Mir and Shane Carwin lining the dais. Immediately following the event, White, St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin will remain on stage and take part in an unprecedented hour-long Q&A, just days before the fight, exclusively for the thousands of UFC fans in attendance. Doors will open for UFC® Fight Clubâ„¢ members at 1:30pm ET. Doors will open to the General Public at 2:00pm ET. The press conference will begin at 3:00pm ET; the UFC 111 Q&A is expected to begin at 3:30pm ET and conclude around 4:30pm ET.
UFC 111 Press Conference Schedule
1:30pm ET: Doors open for UFC Fight Club Members
2:00 pm ET: Doors open for the General Public
3:00pm – 3:30pm ET: UFC 111 Press Conference
3:30 – 4:30pm ET: Q&A with UFC President Dana White and St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin
Also on Wednesday night, Tequila CAZADORES® the Official Spirits Sponsor of the UFC will host a post-press conference party at Johnny Utah’s with UFC fighters expected to attend. The event, located at 25 West 51st Street, will take place from 5:00pm - 7:00pm ET featuring Tequila CAZADORES® cocktails and hand-passed hors d'oeuvres. Media are encouraged to attend.
UFC will hit other parts of Manhattan throughout the week, including Thursday, March 25 when St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin will perform afternoon workouts for members of the Tri-State and International press at Peak Performance Strength & Condition Center located at 54 West 21st Street.
Also on Thursday, UFC and THQ® will take over M2 Ultralounge to mark the launch of the new UFC Undisputed 2010 Video Game. UFC President Dana White along with UFC Fighters Cain Velasquez and Frankie Edgar are expected to attend.
On Friday, March 26, UFC will hold the UFC 111 official weigh-in event -- FREE and open to the public -- in Newark at the Prudential Center. Doors will open at 3:00pm ET and all the fighters competing on the UFC 111 card will step on the scale at approximately 4:00pm ET.
Prior to the UFC 111 weigh-in event, UFC will offer a two-hour autograph session with several UFC fighters – FREE and open to the public – starting at 1:00pm ET and concluding at 3:00pm ET.
Members of UFC’s Fight Club can enter the arena early at 12:30pm ET and catch Matt Serra in a question-and-answer session from 2:00 – 4:00pm ET.
Later Friday evening, UFC will host a UFC 111 pre-fight VIP party in Soho. Dana White, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Chuck Liddell are among the guests expected to attend.
UFC may be making other unscheduled stops in New York and New Jersey throughout the week. Stay tuned to UFC.com and follow UFC on Twitter @ufc for more information.
UFC 111 takes place Saturday, March 27th, live, on Pay-Per-View and presented by TapouT. In featured bouts, one of the best fighters in the game today, UFC® welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, looks to extend his reign and his six fight winning streak against British bomber Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy, and former heavyweight champion Frank Mir looks to become only the second man in UFC history to win the championship three times when he takes on number one contender Shane Carwin for the interim UFC heavyweight title.
Ultimate Fighting Championship® - www.ufc.com Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® produces over twelve UFC live Pay-Per-View events annually and 30 live arena events around the world. UFC programming is distributed in the United States on Viacom, Inc.’s Spike TV and on Comcast, Inc.’s Versus network. Globally, UFC programming is broadcast in over 130 countries, territories and jurisdictions, reaching 430 million homes worldwide, in 20 different languages. Ancillary businesses now include UFC.com with over 5 million unique visitors per month, the best-selling UFC “Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC Gymâ„¢, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expoâ„¢ festivals, branded apparel, trading cards, articulated action figures and other media including best-selling DVDs and a U.S. bimonthly magazine.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, Zuffa®, The Octagonâ„¢ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, registered service marks, trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC and licensed to its affiliated entities and other licensees in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC, its affiliates or other respective owners.
MSG Sports Properties
MSG Sports Properties, which includes world championship boxing, college basketball, tennis, track & field, and all other sports events, is part of Madison Square Garden, a fully-integrated sports, entertainment, and media business. The company is comprised of three business segments: MSG Sports, MSG Entertainment and MSG Media, which are strategically aligned to work together to drive MSG’s overall business, which is built on a foundation of iconic venues and compelling content that MSG creates, produces, presents and/or distributes through its programming networks and other media assets. MSG Sports consists of owning and operating sports franchises, including the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL), the New York Liberty (WNBA), and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). MSG Sports also features other sports properties, including the presentation of a wide variety of live sporting events including professional boxing, college basketball, track and field and tennis. MSG Entertainment is one of the country’s leaders in live entertainment. MSG Entertainment creates, produces and/or presents a variety of live productions, including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes. MSG Entertainment also presents or hosts other live entertainment events such as concerts, family shows and special events in MSG’s diverse collection of venues. These venues include Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theater, The Chicago Theater and the Wang Theater. MSG Media is a leader in production and content development for multiple distribution platforms, including content originating from MSG’s venues. MSG Media consists of the MSG Networks (MSG Network, MSG Plus, MSG HD and MSG Plus HD) regional sports networks and the Fuse Networks (Fuse and Fuse HD) a national television network dedicated to music. MSG Media is also responsible for managing MSG interactive initiatives across all business segments. More information is available at www.msg.com.
Among the first of several planned events, UFC today officially announced it will stage a UFC 111 Viewing Party at the world famous Radio City Music Hall, presenting a closed-circuit screening of this historic fight card. Fight fans can watch all the action in High-Definition on Radio City Music Hall’s 70’ x 35’ screen, the largest screen to ever broadcast UFC® events.
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“The excitement of mixed martial arts will once again be on display in New York City with this unique UFC 111 Viewing Party at the Showplace of the Nation, Radio City Music Hall,” said Joel Fisher, executive vice president, MSG Sports. “All the loyal UFC fight fans will have a rare opportunity to come together for this historic night and watch the action on Radio City’s epic 70 foot screen in what will be another electric atmosphere.”
The sport’s biggest star, Hall of Famer Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell,
along with former UFC welterweight champion Matt Serra, will make
guest appearances at the Radio City Music Hall Viewing Party. UFC
fighter and World Extreme Cagefighting® commentator Stephan Bonnar
and Sirius Satellite host Jason Ellis will serve as event
hosts.
Tickets for the UFC 111 Viewing Party are on sale now and are priced at $25 in advance, or $30 on the day of the event (March 27th). Tickets can be purchased at the Radio City Music Hall Box Office, Madison Square Garden Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.radiocity.com. Tickets are also available by Ticketmaster phone at 866-858-0008. Doors will open at 7:15pm ET; Q&A Session with UFC fighters and host will begin at 8:00pm ET. UFC 111 Screening begins at 9:00pm ET, including the Spike TV preliminary fights and the entire live UFC 111 Pay-Per-View card.
UFC 111 Viewing Party Schedule:
7:15pm – 8:00pm ET: Doors open/Exclusive Chuck Liddell autograph session for the first 200 attendees
8:00pm – 9:00pm ET: Q&A session with Chuck Liddell, Matt Serra and hosts Bonnar and Ellis on stage
9:00pm – 10:00pm ET: UFC 111 on SPIKE TV prelims air live
10:00pm ET: Pay-Per-View screening begins/UFC 111 goes live!
Fans can get their first glimpse of the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Wednesday, March 24, when UFC will hold its traditional pre-fight press conference inside Radio City Music Hall’s main theatre. This event will be FREE and open to the public.
Dana White will take center stage and host the public press conference, with world welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, number one welterweight contender Dan Hardy, and interim heavyweight title contenders Frank Mir and Shane Carwin lining the dais. Immediately following the event, White, St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin will remain on stage and take part in an unprecedented hour-long Q&A, just days before the fight, exclusively for the thousands of UFC fans in attendance. Doors will open for UFC® Fight Clubâ„¢ members at 1:30pm ET. Doors will open to the General Public at 2:00pm ET. The press conference will begin at 3:00pm ET; the UFC 111 Q&A is expected to begin at 3:30pm ET and conclude around 4:30pm ET.
UFC 111 Press Conference Schedule
1:30pm ET: Doors open for UFC Fight Club Members
2:00 pm ET: Doors open for the General Public
3:00pm – 3:30pm ET: UFC 111 Press Conference
3:30 – 4:30pm ET: Q&A with UFC President Dana White and St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin
Also on Wednesday night, Tequila CAZADORES® the Official Spirits Sponsor of the UFC will host a post-press conference party at Johnny Utah’s with UFC fighters expected to attend. The event, located at 25 West 51st Street, will take place from 5:00pm - 7:00pm ET featuring Tequila CAZADORES® cocktails and hand-passed hors d'oeuvres. Media are encouraged to attend.
UFC will hit other parts of Manhattan throughout the week, including Thursday, March 25 when St-Pierre, Hardy, Mir and Carwin will perform afternoon workouts for members of the Tri-State and International press at Peak Performance Strength & Condition Center located at 54 West 21st Street.
Also on Thursday, UFC and THQ® will take over M2 Ultralounge to mark the launch of the new UFC Undisputed 2010 Video Game. UFC President Dana White along with UFC Fighters Cain Velasquez and Frankie Edgar are expected to attend.
On Friday, March 26, UFC will hold the UFC 111 official weigh-in event -- FREE and open to the public -- in Newark at the Prudential Center. Doors will open at 3:00pm ET and all the fighters competing on the UFC 111 card will step on the scale at approximately 4:00pm ET.
Prior to the UFC 111 weigh-in event, UFC will offer a two-hour autograph session with several UFC fighters – FREE and open to the public – starting at 1:00pm ET and concluding at 3:00pm ET.
Members of UFC’s Fight Club can enter the arena early at 12:30pm ET and catch Matt Serra in a question-and-answer session from 2:00 – 4:00pm ET.
Later Friday evening, UFC will host a UFC 111 pre-fight VIP party in Soho. Dana White, UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar and Chuck Liddell are among the guests expected to attend.
UFC may be making other unscheduled stops in New York and New Jersey throughout the week. Stay tuned to UFC.com and follow UFC on Twitter @ufc for more information.
UFC 111 takes place Saturday, March 27th, live, on Pay-Per-View and presented by TapouT. In featured bouts, one of the best fighters in the game today, UFC® welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, looks to extend his reign and his six fight winning streak against British bomber Dan “The Outlaw” Hardy, and former heavyweight champion Frank Mir looks to become only the second man in UFC history to win the championship three times when he takes on number one contender Shane Carwin for the interim UFC heavyweight title.
Ultimate Fighting Championship® - www.ufc.com Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® produces over twelve UFC live Pay-Per-View events annually and 30 live arena events around the world. UFC programming is distributed in the United States on Viacom, Inc.’s Spike TV and on Comcast, Inc.’s Versus network. Globally, UFC programming is broadcast in over 130 countries, territories and jurisdictions, reaching 430 million homes worldwide, in 20 different languages. Ancillary businesses now include UFC.com with over 5 million unique visitors per month, the best-selling UFC “Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC Gymâ„¢, UFC Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expoâ„¢ festivals, branded apparel, trading cards, articulated action figures and other media including best-selling DVDs and a U.S. bimonthly magazine.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, Zuffa®, The Octagonâ„¢ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, registered service marks, trademarks, trade dress and/or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC and licensed to its affiliated entities and other licensees in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC, its affiliates or other respective owners.
MSG Sports Properties
MSG Sports Properties, which includes world championship boxing, college basketball, tennis, track & field, and all other sports events, is part of Madison Square Garden, a fully-integrated sports, entertainment, and media business. The company is comprised of three business segments: MSG Sports, MSG Entertainment and MSG Media, which are strategically aligned to work together to drive MSG’s overall business, which is built on a foundation of iconic venues and compelling content that MSG creates, produces, presents and/or distributes through its programming networks and other media assets. MSG Sports consists of owning and operating sports franchises, including the New York Knicks (NBA), the New York Rangers (NHL), the New York Liberty (WNBA), and the Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). MSG Sports also features other sports properties, including the presentation of a wide variety of live sporting events including professional boxing, college basketball, track and field and tennis. MSG Entertainment is one of the country’s leaders in live entertainment. MSG Entertainment creates, produces and/or presents a variety of live productions, including the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the Radio City Rockettes. MSG Entertainment also presents or hosts other live entertainment events such as concerts, family shows and special events in MSG’s diverse collection of venues. These venues include Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, The Theater at Madison Square Garden, the Beacon Theater, The Chicago Theater and the Wang Theater. MSG Media is a leader in production and content development for multiple distribution platforms, including content originating from MSG’s venues. MSG Media consists of the MSG Networks (MSG Network, MSG Plus, MSG HD and MSG Plus HD) regional sports networks and the Fuse Networks (Fuse and Fuse HD) a national television network dedicated to music. MSG Media is also responsible for managing MSG interactive initiatives across all business segments. More information is available at www.msg.com.
