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T.U.F. Line-up
April 9, 2005 Spike TV
LAS VEGAS - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® announced that tickets are priced at $350, $250 and $150 for the live Saturday, April 9, Spike TV telecast of the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter™ reality show. Tickets are available at the Cox Pavilion box office on the campus of UNLV, all UNLV ticket outlets, including The Galleria at Sunset, Meadows Mall, Boulevard Mall, all Station Casinos hotel/casinos and Fiesta hotel/casinos and at www.unlvtickets.com. Tickets also may be ordered by telephone at (866) 388-3267 toll free, or in Las Vegas at (702) 739-3267. Ticket purchases are subject to transaction fees.
Spike TV and the UFC will present an eight-fight card with preliminary bouts starting at 3:30 p.m. PST at Cox Pavilion on the UNLV campus. The live telecast of the final episode of The Ultimate Fighter, pitting the middleweight and light heavyweight finalists will start at 6:00 p.m. PST. A special attraction of the live show will be a light heavyweight battle between UFC legend and Hall of Fame member Ken Shamrock and fast- rising UFC star Rich Franklin.
The middleweight and light heavyweight finalists for The Ultimate Fighter will be determined on the last regular telecast of the series, which airs at 11 p.m. EDT on Monday on Spike TV.
Shamrock (26-8-2 in mixed martial arts) from San Diego, Calif., is coming off a first-round knockout of Kimo last June 19 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. "The World's Most Dangerous Man" is recognized as one of the world's top mixed martial arts fighters and was selected one of the two charter members, along with Royce Gracie, of the UFC Hall of Fame in December 2003.
Franklin (18-1-0) is recognized as one of the UFC's most well-rounded fighters. In his last UFC fight, the unassuming high school math teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio, defeated highly-rated Jorge Rivera by tap out from a powerful arm bar in October in Atlantic City, N.J.
Line-up so far: Diego Sanchez vs. Kenny Florian
Featured Bout
Ken Shamrock vs. Rich
Franklin Josh Koscheck vs. Chris Sanford Chris Leben vs. Jason Thacker Lodune Sincaid vs. Nate Quarry Alex Karalexis vs. Josh Rafferty
- News release from the UFC website with some editing from us (color, some highlights, etc...)
card subject to change
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