The UFC’s annual year-end card in Las Vegas is set for Dec. 29 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Headlining the card, as expected, is a highly anticipated rematch between former champion Cain Velasquez and current heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos in the pay-per-view’s main event. Tickets for the UFC 155 event go on sale this week.
“UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez 2” takes place Dec. 29 at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena and features a heavyweight title fight between current champion Junior Dos Santos (15-1 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and the man he beat for the belt, Cain Velasquez (10-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC), in the pay-per-view’s main event.
Tickets for the event go on sale to the general public Friday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT local time) and are available at the venue box office and Ticketmaster locations. Ticket prices start at $75 and go up to $800, plus fees. In addition, members of the UFC Fight Club can purchase tickets starting Wednesday at 1 p.m. ET. And subscribers to the UFC’s e-newsletter can purchase tickets Thursday at 1 p.m. ET.
It’s the UFC’s fifth straight year-end event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. The UFC holds its year-end cards as close to New Year’s Eve as possible. UFC 155 will be the 24th UFC event at MGM Grand Garden Arena, which most recently hosted “UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II” on July 7.
Watch the video below to view a preview of the top two heavyweights in the world as they prepare to battle it out for the belt.
VIDEO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE UPLOADER NickTheFace2 AND CONTENT BY THE UFC..
The latest UFC 155 card includes:
- Champ Junior Dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez – for heavyweight title
- Phil Davis vs. Forrest Griffin
- Tim Boetsch vs. Chris Weidman
- Joe Lauzon vs. Gray Maynard
- Alan Belcher vs. Yushin Okami
- Chris Leben vs. Karlos Vemola
- Brad Pickett vs. Eddie Wineland*
- Erik Koch vs. Ricardo Lamas*
- Phil De Fries vs. Matt Mitrione
- Byron Bloodworth vs. Erik Perez*
*Fights just added