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Meet UFC ring girl, and demented house wife, Arianny Celeste (Video)
UFC Undisputed 2010 release date set for midnight (May 25)
UFC 113: Early reports suggest Montreal event garnered 520,000 PPV buys
UFC Quick Pic: 'Rampage' Jackson graces cover of latest UFC Magazine
UFC on Versus 2 tickets for EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 1, on sale soon
UFC Quick Quote: Josh Koscheck warns Georges St. Pierre -- 'I'm going to knock you out'
Thiago Alves spars with Ami James of Miami Ink fame (Video)

Meet UFC ring girl, and demented house wife, Arianny Celeste (Video)

Posted: 24 May 2010 05:18 PM PDT

UFC Undisputed 2010 release date set for midnight (May 25)

Posted: 24 May 2010 01:19 PM PDT

It's time!

Well, if you're a gamer that is.

UFC Undisputed 2010 is set to be released at midnight tonight (May 25) at GameStop outlets all across the country. And if you can't wait to get you hands on a copy until after you've had a your requisite eight hours of sleep this evening, then GameStop has you covered. Click here for a full list of participating GameStop locations that will unveil the 2010 version of THQ's wildly popular UFC video game.

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Happy gaming Maniacs!

UFC 113: Early reports suggest Montreal event garnered 520,000 PPV buys

Posted: 24 May 2010 12:51 PM PDT

UFC 113: "Machida vs. Shogun 2" had a bit of everything for fight fans. We saw mixed martial arts at its highest level as Shogun Rua captured light heavyweight gold from Lyoto Machida. Josh Koscheck earned a shot to battle Georges St. Pierre for his welterweight title later this year with his unanimous decision victory over Paul Daley. And of course, we were all witness to Mr. Kimbo Slice's swan song as a Zuffa fighter.

According to Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer (subscription required), courtesy of MMA Payout, the event did just over 500,000 pay-per-view buys. Meltzer does note however, that these numbers are just an early estimate, and that it is quite possible that UFC 113 drew as many as 687,000 buys.

Early reports on UFC 113 on 5/8 in Montreal have the show doing 520,000 buys, slightly above the 450,000 that the first Lyoto Machida vs. Mauricio "Shogun" Rua fight did. We should note that there were cable reports as high as 687,000 for the show, and trending patterns were only slightly behind GSP vs. Dan Hardy and the highest besides that show since August, which would also indicate something closer to the latter than the former. There are a lot of other measures that also indicate the higher number, but as far as the number of buys from people who would have the numbers and that can be confirmed, the lower number is the best number we've got.

If the numbers end up being around 520,000 or so, you'd have to think it would be a bit of a disappointment for the UFC. Many industry insiders estimated that UFC 113 would fall in between the 600,000 - 750,000 PPV buy range. It may speak to several items, most notably of which is that Kimbo Slice's drawing power doesn't translate to pay-per-view as well as it does network television, in turn, more than justifying the UFC's decision to release him.

But regardless of what type of final PPV numbers UFC 113 did, Zuffa is undoubtedly in store for a fruitful summer. With UFC 116, UFC 117, and UFC 118 stacked up back-to-back-to-back in the coming months, fight fans and the UFC are set up for big business.

UFC Quick Pic: 'Rampage' Jackson graces cover of latest UFC Magazine

Posted: 24 May 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Let's see a show of hands for who will be picking up their copy of the new UFC Magazine this week as UFC 114 approaches. And did they choose the right fighter from the card's main event for the cover?

UFC on Versus 2 tickets for EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 1, on sale soon

Posted: 24 May 2010 10:45 AM PDT

Tickets for UFC on Versus 2, which is slated for the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah, on August 1, will go on sale to the general public on Friday, May 28, at 10 a.m. MT.

UFC Fight Club members and UFC Newsletter subscribers, naturally, will be able to scoop up tickets prior to them being available for public consumption.

UFC on Versus 2 will feature a match up between light heavyweight superstar in the making Jon Jones and Belarusian brawler Vladimir Matyushenko.

Also on tap for the second such event on the cable network are bouts between Mark Munoz and Yushin Okami as well as Takanori Gomi and Joe Stevenson.

Here is the UFC on Versus 2 tickets sales schedule:

UFC Fight Club presale: Wednesday, May 26 at 10 a.m. MT
UFC Newsletter presale: Thursday, May 27 at 10 a.m. MT
General tickets sale: Friday, May 28 at 10 a.m. MT

UFC on Versus 2 tickets can be purchased through StubHub.com (Note: StubHub often has seats available even if the event is "sold out"). It will also be available to watch on Versus at 9 p.m. ET on fight night.

For more on UFC on Versus 2 stay dialed in to MMAmania.com and remember to check out our event archive for the latest fight card and rumors right here.

UFC Quick Quote: Josh Koscheck warns Georges St. Pierre -- 'I'm going to knock you out'

Posted: 24 May 2010 10:11 AM PDT

"This time it is everything. This is going to be it man. This is my run to the title and I'm going to get it. I'm close. I've got to be focused. I've got to train and I'm coming out of this fight with a victory. I think the city of Pittsburgh needs something like that. I'm from the area and it would be great to come home and have the support of all of my fans that have been backing me all the way since I was in college wrestling all the way up to now fighting for the title... Pittsburgh would be a great, great city to have the UFC. Bringing the UFC to Pittsburgh would be awesome, but regardless where it is, it's going to be a great event, and me and St. Pierre are going to put on a good show. Georges, you better work on your power, because I'm going to force you to stand up with me when we fight, and I'm going to knock you out."

Welterweight number one contender Josh Koscheck details his plans for Georges St. Pierre with MMA Weekly for when they meet later this year in their rematch. Of course this go-round will be a bit different. With the UFC Welterweight title on the line, preceded by a reality TV show competition in the form of The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) 12, stakes have most certainly been raised for the sequel match. While we have several months until they actually face off, it's still fun speculate on how the fight will end. So, if you would, do just that Maniacs. Will Koscheck's "prediction" come to fruition, or will this bout end the same way their first fight did GSP reigning supreme?

Thiago Alves spars with Ami James of Miami Ink fame (Video)

Posted: 24 May 2010 08:57 AM PDT