UFC® AND SPIKE TV ANNOUNCE TWO EXCITING BOUTS TO BE
FEATURED ON “THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER®: HEAVYWEIGHTS” FINALE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
Undefeated
Jon Jones Takes On The Ultimate Fighter® Alum Matt Hamill And Lightweight Contenders
Frankie Edgar And Kurt Pellegrino Do Battle
Las Vegas, NV (USA) October 14,
2009 – The live finale of The Ultimate Fighter®:
Heavyweights on Spike TV will include two bouts showcasing four of the UFC’s
rising stars. Emanating from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las
Vegas, NV on Saturday, Dec. 5 at 9:00 PM ET, the co-features announced
today include a light heavyweight bout between Jon Jones and Matt Hamill and a
lightweight matchup pitting Frankie Edgar against Kurt Pellegrino.
Tickets for The Ultimate Fighter® 10 Finale are $500, $350 and $250, plus any additional box office or service fees, and go on-sale Saturday, Oct. 17 at 12pm PT. Please visit any Ticketmaster location, call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets.
UFC® Fight Club™ members will have the opportunity to purchase tickets to The Ultimate Fighter® 10 Finale Thursday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. PT via the website UFCFIGHTCLUB.com. A special Internet ticket pre-sale will be available to UFC newsletter subscribers Friday, Oct. 16 starting at 10 a.m. PT. To access this presale, users must register for the UFC newsletter through UFC.com.
Despite being one of the youngest fighters in
the UFC, the 22 year-old Jones has emerged as one of the fastest rising talents
in the sport of mixed martial arts. The Endicott, NY resident has a
perfect 9-0 professional record, with his last three victories coming inside
the UFC Octagon™, the most notable of
which was a unanimous decision over Stephan Bonnar at UFC 94 in January.
Hamill (8-2) gained national attention as a
standout performer on season three of The Ultimate Fighter. The
three-time NCAA wrestling champion with a devastating ground game has won his
last two bouts in the UFC, including a knockout of Mark Munoz in the first
round of their contest at UFC 96 in March. This light heavyweight bout
will also be a battle for bragging rights in upstate New York, as Hamill trains
in Utica.
Coming off an impressive victory over Sean
Sherk at UFC 98 in May, Edgar (10-1) now ranks amongst the top 155 lb fighters
in the UFC. To continue his quest for BJ Penn’s lightweight crown, the
Toms River, NJ product must defeat fellow New Jersey resident, Kurt Pellegrino.
The pride of Point Pleasant, NJ, Pellegrino
(20-4) is coming off the biggest win of his career, a three-round decision
victory over Josh Neer at UFC 101 in August. His third consecutive win in
the Octagon put him in the upper echelon of the 155 lb division, and a victory
against Edgar would move him ever-closer to a title shot.
Other bouts, including the finals of “The
Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights,” will be announced at a later date. The
two finalists will be competing for a six-figure contract with the preeminent
mixed martial arts organization in the world, The Ultimate Fighting
Championship®.
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archival press information and photographs, visit Spike TV's press site at http://www.spike.com/press.
For more information, or current
UFC fight news, visit UFC.com, UK.UFC.com, GERMANY.UFC.com, UFCJapan.jp or
UFCEspanol.com. All bouts live and subject to change.
About The
Ultimate Fighting Championship®
UFC is the largest
live pay-per-view provider in the world and the fastest growing main stream
sports organization in history. Owned and operated by Zuffa™, LLC, and
headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., UFC® produces over twelve live pay-per-view
events annually that are distributed residentially through North American cable
and satellite providers including iNDEMAND Networks, DIRECTV, DISH Network,
Avail-TVN Entertainment, BellTV, SaskTel Max™, Shaw Pay-Per-View, and Viewers
Choice. International distributors include WOWOW in Japan, Premiere Combate and
SporTV in Brazil, with worldwide distribution via the Internet on UFC.com and
Yahoo! Sports. UFC content is distributed commercially through Joe Hand
Promotions in the U.S. and Canadastar in Canada. UFC programming is
distributed in 132 countries, territories and jurisdictions, reaching 415
million homes worldwide.
Ultimate Fighting
Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As
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