Las Vegas, NV - It's the Ultimate gig in the world of sports modeling, and when The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) decided to search for potential new Octagon Girls™, it reached out to the only magazine devoted to discovering new beauty around the world: Maxim, the largest young men's lifestyle magazine in America. The result? A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for attendees of the UFC® Fan Expo™ to be on hand when the winner of the first-ever Maxim UFC® Octagon Girl™ Search is chosen at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday, July 11th, just hours before the lights go down for the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, UFC 100.

Elliot Worsell, UFC - Wolfslair disciple Paul 'Tellys' Kelly was never going to back Dan Henderson to beat teammate Michael Bisping. That much is a given. However, it still comes as a surprise when you hear just how unwavering Kelly is in his belief that Bisping will dominate the former PRIDE champion at UFC 100.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - We all know the old adage about 'strength in numbers', but you have to think that the three young men who tried to mug 6 foot 4, 245 pound UFC heavyweight Antoni Hardonk in Los Angeles a week and a half ago were either very brave or very stupid - or both.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - You know you've made it when the stars of stage and screen begin showing up for your events. But unlike the celebrities in attendance at other sporting events, who are there simply to promote a new film, album, or product, or to be seen by photographers, the celebrity fans who show up to see the UFC are just that - fans. And they're as hardcore as it gets.

Las Vegas, NV - Rumina Sato. Fredson Paixao. Joe Stevenson. Vinicius Magalhaes. Jeff Glover. Ulysses Gomez. Bill Cooper. To those in the grappling world, the names represent the best of the best. To have them in the same hall together at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center is electrifying enough. To see them competing against each other in four Superfights that cap off the largest Submission Grappling tournament in history is something that could only be held at the UFC® Fan Expo™ on Friday, July 10th and Saturday, July 11th, just hours before the lights go down for the biggest event in mixed martial arts history, UFC 100.

Michael DiSanto, UFC - 17 months after Brock Lesnar squared off against Frank Mir, the two are set to tango one more time at UFC 100, in what many are predicting to be most successful pay-per-view event in the promotion's nearly 16-year history.

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - Jon Fitch has seen a lot in his seven years of professional fighting. He saw stars when he got knocked out by Wilson Gouveia in 2002. He saw opportunity when he caught Thiago Alves with an upkick. He's seen his arm raised against Diego Sanchez, a doppelgänger in Chris Wilson and a welterweight title shot against Georges St-Pierre. But up until UFC 94, he had never seen grown men in sequins before a fight.

Chuck Mindenhall, UFC - "Guys like Stephan Bonnar, the kinds who can stand up and fight me as well as submit me on the ground," says Jon "Bones" Jones, "well, that's probably the worst matchup for me." I mean, if that's the worst matchup, you'd hate to see a great matchup for the upstate New York native. Gosh.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - As one of the birthplaces of martial arts, China is rightfully considered to be hallowed ground for the warriors of the Ultimate Fighting Championship®. Today, UFC® is pleased to announce a television deal with Inner Mongolia Television that will mark the first time in history UFC will be seen on TV in China, continuing the global expansion of the premier brand in mixed martial arts.

Thomas Gerbasi, UFC - A 'no frills' fighter in the best sense of the term, Dan Henderson has long been one of mixed martial arts' best, pound for pound. On July 11th, 'Hendo' competes in perhaps the most high-profile fight of his nearly ten year pro career when he takes on Michael Bisping in a featured bout on the UFC 100 card at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Will a win over 'The Count' earn a place on the list of Henderson's seven defining moments?

UFC announced today that the Limp Bizkit concert event planned for Friday, July 10 at the Mandalay Bay Beach has been cancelled. Tickets will be refunded at place of purchase.

Las Vegas, NV - The history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship® is filled with stories of legendary fights and athletes who built a sport behind skill, heart, and determination. On July 10th and 11th, just before the lights go down and the first bell rings for July 11th's historic UFC 100 event, fans will have the opportunity to meet and greet the fighters who made mixed martial arts what it is today, as well as the ones carrying the flag for the next generation, all under one roof at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center during the UFC® Fan Expo™.

NEW YORK, NY, June 23, 2009 - This past Saturday, June 20, the UFC was once again the undisputed champion in sports on television among young men. The live finale of the ninth season of "The Ultimate Fighter," airing Saturday June 20 (9:00pm-12:00am), drew more men in the advertiser-coveted demographic of Men 18-34 (663,000) than MLB baseball on FOX (184,000) and coverage of U.S. Open golf on NBC (384,000) which ran earlier that day.

Las Vegas NV (USA) -- A dislocated shoulder, suffered in training, has forced welterweight standout Jonathan Goulet to withdraw from his bout against Dong Hyun Kim on the preliminary card of UFC® 100 on July 11th. But Canada will still be represented in the bout, as Nova Scotia's TJ Grant will step in to face Kim at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - Title contenders, a former UFC® champion and a handful of rising stars - and that's just on the undercard. With the undisputed heavyweight title on the line, one of the UFC's greatest welterweights ever facing his greatest challenge ever and a mixed martial arts legend facing the United Kingdom's biggest star, the UFC has already secured three main-event-caliber matches for UFC 100. The fight card has the exciting names - now it's time to watch the exciting fights.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) and SMJ Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) -- In a move to bring the UFC® experience one step closer for mixed martial arts fans in Japan, The Ultimate Fighting Championship® officially launched the first Japanese-language UFC web and mobile sites. Japanese fight fans can now access UFC via the new and only UFC branded Japanese PC and mobile sites across all three major carriers' 3G networks in Japan.

Las Vegas, NV (USA) - The Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) is headed to Portland for the first time ever and it's bringing a couple of true heavyweight heroes. Mixed martial arts legends and former UFC champions Randy "The Natural" Couture and Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira will face off for the first time in their storied careers at UFC 102: COUTURE vs. NOGUEIRA, live from Portland, Oregon's Rose Garden on Saturday, August 29, 2009.