America’s two largest mixed martial arts promotions are hoping fight fans didn’t spend all their Christmas cash in one place, as tickets for three UFC and Strikeforce shows go on sale this week.
“UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans” takes place March 19th at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. The card features a light heavyweight title fight between champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua and former king Rashad Evans.
“UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann” will go down inside the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky on March 3rd. Diego Sanchez will stand opposite Martin Kampmann in the night’s main event.
Strikeforce’s second major promotion of the decade will showcase their biggest superstar Fedor Emelianenko. The newly re-upped Russian will meet Antonio “Bigfoot” Silva in the opening round of the organization’s Heavyweight Grand Prix on February 12th.
Here’s the rundown for this week’s ticket activity:
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans
Dan Miller vs. Nick Catone
Kamal Shalorus vs. Jim Miller
Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola
Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt
Bredan Schaub vs. Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic
Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
Rashad Evans vs. Mauricio “Shogun” Rua (UFC Light Heavyweight Champion)Ticket Information:
UFC Fight Club members: Tuesday, January 11th at 10AM ET/7AM PT via UFCFightClub.com
UFC Newsletter subscribers: Wednesday, January 12th at 10AM ET/7AM P
General public: Thursday, January 13th at 10AM ET/7AM PT via Ticketmaster.com
UFC on Versus 3: Sanchez vs. Kampmann
Takeya Mizugaki vs. Francisco Rivera
Cyrille Diabate vs. Steve Cantwell
Brian Bowles vs. Damacio Page
Matt Brown vs. Mark Scanlon
Alexandre Ferreira vs. Rousimar Palhares
Alessio Sakara vs. Maiquel Falcao
Mark Munoz vs. C.B. Dollaway
Martin Kampmann vs. Diego SanchezTicket Information:
UFC Fight Club members: Wednesday, January 12th at 10AM ET/7AM PT via UFCFightClub.com
UFC Newsletter subscribers: Thursday, January 13th at 10AM ET/7AM PT
General public: Friday, January 14th at 10AM ET/7AM PT via Ticketmaster.com
Individual Bout:
Ray Sefo vs Valentijn Overeem
Eight-man Heavyweight Grand Prix (1stRound):
Alternate: Shane Del Rosario vs. Lavar Johnson
Andrei Arlovski vs. Sergei Kharitonov
Fedor Emelianenko vs. Antonio Silva
Ticket Information:Strikeforce Insiders: Wednesday, January 12th at 10AM ET/7AM PT via Strikeforce .com
General public: Friday, January 14th 10AM/7AM PT via Ticketmaster.com