David Terrell to Meet Evan Tanner for UFC World Middleweight Title, Feb. 5
LAS VEGAS – Middleweight David Terrell returns to the Octagon Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center to fight veteran Evan Tanner for the Ultimate Fighting Championship® World Middleweight title at UFC â 51: Super Saturday . Tickets for the all-star, nine-fight card, $350, $250, $150, $75 and $35, are now on sale at the Mandalay Bay Box Office (877-632-7400) in Las Vegas, at all Ticketmaster locations, and on the internet at www.ticketmaster.com and www.mandalaybay.com . To order tickets by telephone call 877-880-0880 or 702-891-7777. Ticket purchases are subject to transaction fees.
David Terrell to Meet Evan Tanner for UFC World Middleweight Title, Feb. 5
LAS VEGAS – Middleweight David Terrell returns to the Octagon Feb. 5 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center to fight veteran Evan Tanner for the Ultimate Fighting Championship® World Middleweight title at UFC â 51: Super Saturday . Tickets for the all-star, nine-fight card, $350, $250, $150, $75 and $35, are now on sale at the Mandalay Bay Box Office (877-632-7400) in Las Vegas, at all Ticketmaster locations, and on the internet at www.ticketmaster.com and www.mandalaybay.com . To order tickets by telephone call 877-880-0880 or 702-891-7777. Ticket purchases are subject to transaction fees. UFC â 51: Super Saturday will be available LIVE on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EST on iNDemand, DirecTV, Dish Network, TVN, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada. The suggested retail price is $29.95. Terrell, called by many the greatest American submission grappler, was impressive his last time in the Octagon Aug. 21 – perhaps too impressive. The Santa Rosa , Ca. fighter (5-1-0 in mixed martial arts) worked so fast in UFC 49: Payback!, he knocked out veteran Matt Lindland in 25 seconds of the first round. Some critics still believe he was more lucky than good. Terrell is out to prove to those remaining critics that he is the best by winning the UFC World Middleweight Championship. But Tanner, from Gresham , Ore. , will have plenty to say about who wins the title. He is a veteran of 11 UFC fights, 36 MMA matches and owns an impressive 32-4 record. Tanner is on a winning streak. He defeated rising UFC star Robbie Lawler at UFC 50: War of 04! in Atlantic City , NJ , with a triangle choke tap out at 2:10 of the second round and won a unanimous decision over always tough Phil Baroni at UFC 48: Payback in Las Vegas . Six under card fights for UFC 51: Super Saturd ay also were announced today: Lawler (8-3-0) from Davenport , Iowa , will take on Long Island , NY , native Baroni (5-4-0), who now lives in Las Vegas , Nev. , in a middleweight bout. David “The Crow” Loiseau (11-4-0) from Montreal , Canada , and Joe Riggs (25-4-0) from Phoenix , AZ , will meet in another middleweight bout. It will be Loiseau’s third UFC fight, while Riggs will step into the Octagon for the second time. In heavyweight action, James Irvin (7-0-0) from Sacramento, CA, will make his UFC debut against Mike Kyle (10-3-0) from San Jose, CA, while Justin Eilers (9-2-1) from Davenport, Iowa, who stunned UFC fans in his debut at UFC 49: Unfinished Business with a TKO of Kyle, returns to the Octagon with a plan to do the same to Paul Buentello (16-7-0) from Amarillo, Tx. Nick Diaz (9-3-0) from Stockton, CA, and Drew Fickett (24-2-0) from Tuscon , AZ , will meet in a preliminary welterweight bout. It marks Diaz’s fourth UFC fight. Despite his impressive won-loss MMA record, |
