The UFC has announced tickets for the organization’s third foray into Montreal to go on sale starting Thursday at 10 a.m.
Tickets for UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2, scheduled for May 8 at the Bell Centre, will be made available first to UFC Fight Club members. A newsletter pre-sale will take place 24 hours later. Should any tickets remain the general public will be able to purchase them as of Saturday at 10 a.m.
The UFC’s first Montreal event in April 2008 set a record for fastest sellout. Its return trip a year later sold out even faster.
Two more fights for the event, headlined by Lyoto (The Dragon) Machida defending his light-heavyweight belt in a rematch against Mauricio (Shogun) Rua, were also made official Tuesday. A welterweight contender clash between Paul Daley and Josh Koscheck was added to the main card while Tim Credeur and Tom Lawlor will battle in a preliminary middleweight bout.
The card currently features four Canadians, with many fights yet to be finalized.
NOTES: Yoshihiro Akiyama is expected to take on the winner of Saturday’s fight between Michael Bisping and Wanderlei Silva, sources within his camp told MMAjunkie.com. The matchup will likely take place at UFC 115 in Vancouver in June, provided the winner emerges healthy enough. Akiyama was the original one tabbed to be Silva’s opponent in Australia before a switch was made. … UFC 109 drew 10,753 attendees to the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas for a gate of $2,273,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the Nevada State Athletic Commission. A total of 7,432 tickets were sold, including 3,321 that were comped, while 84 tickets went unsold. … Former UFC veteran Josh Neer has signed on to fight Bellator FC lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez in May in a non-title, catchweight bout, the organization has announced. It will reportedly take place at 160 pounds. … Ex-UFC fighter Chris Price has pulled out of his debut with the Maximum Fighting Championship, which was set for Feb. 26 against Nick Penner. A replacement opponent has yet to be named for the fight, scheduled to be on the main card of MFC 24: Heat XC.
