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Las Vegas, NV (USA) — Zuffa, LLC, owner of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) brand, and TELESPORT, one of the largest dedicated sports networks in Romania, today announced the successful launch of UFC live events on Telesport.

The first broadcast partner of the UFC in Romania, TELESPORT aired the recent UFC 88: BREAKTHROUGH event, featuring Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell vs. “Sugar” Rashad Evans, and received a 4.5 percent market share for the premiere and a 3.5 percent market share for its replay later that evening.

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New York, NY, September 17, 2008 – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® and Spike TV have joined forces to present “UFC Fight For The Troops™”, a special three-hour live televised event on Wednesday, December 10 starting at 9:00 PM, ET to raise funds to build a treatment center for the brave men and women in the United States Armed Forces who have experienced traumatic brain injuries. The facility is being sponsored, built and equipped by the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The announcement was made today by Dana White, UFC President and Kevin Kay, Spike TV President.

The goal of “UFC Fight For The Troops” is to raise the necessary funds for The National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), an advanced research facility in Bethseda, MD dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of military personnel and veterans suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and psychological health issues.

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Tickets on Sale Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11am PT

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) today announced that tickets for what is expected to be the biggest UFC event in history will go on public sale this Saturday, Sept. 20 at 11am PT.

“Our estimates project that UFC 91: Couture vs. Lesnar will be the highest grossing UFC pay-per-view event in history,” said Dana White, UFC President.

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Boston, Mass. September 15, 2008 - World Championship Fighting is proud to announce a special autograph signing to ticket holders for the September 19th event. Participants in the special autograph signing include UFC Fighters: Marcus “the Irish Hand Grenade” Davis, Kenny “KenFlo” Florian, Joe “J-Lau” Lauzon, Dan “The Upgrade” Lauzon, Tamdan “The Barn Cat” McCrory and internet legend Sean “The Gladiator” Gannon, the only man to beat Kimbo Slice. Also on hand will be WEC star and featherweight contender Josh “The Fluke” Grispi. The autograph session will begin at 5:30PM and will conclude at 6:30PM, so get your tickets now and be first in line for the autograph session!

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MMARated.com is reporting that the former UFC ring girl, former Playboy “Babe of the Month” (clothed) and current host of UFC All Access will now be posing for Playboy, nude.