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The UFC is back for the 2009 season with four events set to take place this summer! According to the official UFC website, UFC 98 will take place on May 23 and feature as its maincard match a bout between Rashad "Sugar" Evans and Lyoto "The Dragon" Machida. The two undefeated fighters will vie for the World Light Heavyweight Championship. UFC ticket buyers also have the chance to see Matt Hughes and Matt "The Terror" Sierra in a long-awaited rematch. Meanwhile, recipients of UFC 99 seats will have a unique experience during the organization's first event in Germany. Based out of Cologne on June 13, the maincard of "The Comeback" will feature Rich "Ace" Franklin versus Wanderlei "The Axe Murderer" Silva. Returning to Las Vegas on June 20 will be the finale of The Ultimate Fighter 9. Ticket holders will be treated to two lightweight bouts, the first between Diego Sanchez and Clay Guida, and the second between Joe Stevenson and Nate Diaz. Finally, the long-awaited UFC 100 will arrive in July, where heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar will be challenged by Frank Mir.

The lead-up to UFC 100 has been 16 years in the making. Created in 1993, the UFC is a mixed martial arts organization that incorporates a wide variety of fighting styles ranging from wrestling to Jiu-Jitsu. According to Clyde Gentry's No Holds Barred: Evolution, fighters use their own style to try and win a match. Originally envisioned as a "no holds barred" championship, and despite initial success, the UFC quickly came under fire for its extremely violent and unrestrained nature. National political leaders, including Arizona Senator John McCain, successfully campaigned to have the sport banned in many states. For several years the sport was forced underground, but in recent years a revamped and more rule-oriented UFC has made a comeback.

Since it returned to television and mainstream venues, the UFC's popularity has grown massively, going from 150,000 pay-per-view purchases at UFC 40 to over one million at UFC 66. So don't miss the opportunity to see any one of the UFC events coming up this summer. Make a purchase today in order to get UFC MGM Grand Garden Arena tickets or UFC Mandalay Bay Events Center tickets. With a large selection of great UFC tickets, TicketNetwork can help you find the seat you want to the exciting UFC event of your choice!

UFC Event Schedule

UFC - News Stories

• MMA Junkie reveals the Mark Munoz, who recently was dropped to the middleweight class, will be pitted against Nick Catone at UFC 102. - Read More »
• According to the Associated Press, UFC president Dana White says veteran fighter Chuck Liddell will retire from the ring after his loss to Mauricio Rua in UFC 97. After losing his last four bouts, Liddell will go on to do other work in the organization. - Read More »
• Canada.com reports that Anderson Silva's win at UFC 97 has made him the record holder of most consecutive wins, one which he previously tied with Royce Gracie and Jon Fitch. - Read More »

About the UFC

The UFC, or Ultimate Fighting Championship was developed by advertising executive Art Davie in conjunction with Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu master Rorion Gracie. Davie proposed a tournament where fighters from different disciplines would match up in a no-holds-barred style event. The early UFC also tossed out weight classes, so that two fighters of vastly different sizes and weights might end up fighting together. One example of this was at UCF 3 where 200 lb. Tae Kwon Do and karate black belt Keith Hackney faced 616 lb. sumo wrestler Emmanuel Yarborough. According to Sherdog, Hackney won that match. In the intervening years, weight classes have been imposed. The two men partnered with television producer Semaphore Entertainment Group in order to get the event on air as a pay-per-view event. The first UFC event attracted over 86,000 viewers.

As the UFC's popularity rose so did the scrutiny of it. In particular, Arizona Senator John McCain, among others, launched a campaign to get the sport banned after being sent a tape of early matches and criticizing what he saw as too violent of a sport. The UFC found itself dropped from most major pay-per-view providers and banned in a number of states. Its viewership dwindled, and then-parent company SEG could not secure video distribution deals for several of the tournaments. However, event organizers worked with state athletic commissions, such as those in New Jersey and Nevada, to impose more rules on the championship. According to Complete Martial Arts, some of the previously more violent techniques were banned, weight classes were created, and time limits were imposed.

While the new rules decreased scrutiny they did not increase viewership. To that extent, a concerted effort to get the word about the UFC out was employed. Two television series, a reality competition show called The Ultimate Fighter, and a program showcasing past tournaments, UFC Unleashed, were created, according to the official UFC website and CNN Money. With these programs out in the market, pay-per-view viewership of tournaments started to grow rapidly. Television purchases eventually grew to a over one million for UFC 66, and UFC ticket purchases also rose. The UFC can now be viewed in countries all over the world, has re-emerged into most pay-per-view markets, and is enjoying renewed prosperity.

UFC - Resources

• Official UFC Website
• Official UFC YouTube Channel
• The UFC at Spike TV
• FightStalker
• UFC Betting

UFC Trivia

• The UFC has been portrayed in an episode of the television series Friends and the 1995 film Vituosity.
• Despite its "no holds barred" billing, the UFC did originally have a few rules and several techniques which were discouraged, such as eye gouging and fish-hooking, according to Wikipedia.
• The stage of UFC matches is an eight-sided cage known appropriately as the Octagon.

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