UFC 79 “Nemesis” Weigh-in Information, News, and More
Posted by Kris Karkoski on Dec 26, 2007 at 5:00 am ET6 Comments
As UFC 79 “Nemesis” draws closer the news for the year-end event continues to roll in. The pay-per-view broadcast of the event, which is headlined by an interim welterweight title bout between Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre, begins on Saturday, December 29th at 10pm ET. The first bout of the 10-fight card will get underway at 8pm.
Here’s the latest on the event:
- According to a press release issued by the UFC earlier this week UFC 79 is now officially sold out. Accompanying the impressive news was the announcement that the event will air on closed-circuit inside the Mandalay Bay Ballroom. Tickets for the event cost $50 and are on sale at the Mandalay Bay box office and Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations.
- An additional viewing party for the event is tapped for Madison Square Gardens in New York City. The event costs $30 and begins at 8:30 ET with a Q&A session with current UFC Welterweight Champion Matt Serra. The standard PPV broadcast begins at 10pm. Serra will be joined at the viewing party by Forrest Griffin, Frank Edgar, and Kenny Florian.
- Josh Koscheck will be hosting another UFC 79 viewing party though this one is north of the border. The event will be held at Philthy McNasty’s in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and will include a Q&A and autograph session with the welterweight UFC fighter before the event begins at 10pm. Tickets for the party cost $25.
- Weigh-ins for UFC 79 will take place this Friday, December 28th at 7pm ET. The event will be broadcast online at UFC.com and Yahoo Sports. Additionally, live results from the weigh-ins will be posted on MMAFrenzy.com Friday evening.
As always, MMAFrenzy.com will have extensive live coverage of the event on Saturday evening beginning at 8pm.
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This is going to be great! Go ST.P and Silva!!! cant wait!
Can’t wait to see St. Pierre kick Hughes’ ass! I hope they show Serra laughing afterwards.
GSP all the way! Hughes is a great fighter but GSP is more well rounded. Hey any guy who can take down Koscheck is tops in my books!
I would still love to see a Hughes-Serra matchup, just to see Hughes shut up Serra for good.
Koscheck hosting a UFC party north of the border? Couldn’t they have gotten a Canadian fighter to represent?
WAR GSP!!!
WAR Wandy!!!
WAR Soko!!!
WAR Hulk!!!
Silva is going to F Chuck up! I don’t know why, but I have a feeling that Hughes is going to win. I think long term (career wise), GSP all the way. I just think Hughes knows this is one of his last fights and won’t be coming into this one TOO COCKY. I CANNOT FRIGGIN’ WAIT to see Sokoudjou in the OCTAGON.
The Madison Square Garden deal sounds pretty cool. Talk about expansion. Can’t wait to see a huge fight there (Fedor/Randy! it’s the only way!)
Oh, and I have a new place to add to my list of “places to visit before you die”…..
Philthy McNasty’s sounds like a place to have your first born Christened…….
And on a final note…. I don’t know why, but I cannot stand James Irvin. I like the flying Knee he gave Terry Martin, I think he’s a tough kid, I just want to see Crane kick the **** out of him.