UFC Returns to Philiadelphia on August 6

Friday, 03 June 2011 06:18

by Garv

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UFC^® RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA WITH

A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN AS

FORMER CHAMP RASHAD EVANS BATTLES

PENN STATE STANDOUT PHIL DAVIS

PLUS,

RICH FRANKLIN vs. ANTONIO ROGERIO NOGUEIRA

VITOR BELFORT vs. YOSHIHIRO AKIYAMA

UFC^® 133: EVANS vs. DAVIS

Saturday, Aug. 6

From Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pa.

Live on Pay-Per-View at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT

Presented by Boost Mobile

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 10 – 12 p.m. ET

Las Vegas, NV (USA) – The Ultimate Fighting Championship^®returns to Philadelphia this summer with a loaded card sure to leave the City of Brotherly Love buzzing. On Saturday, Aug. 6 from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, former UFC^® light heavyweight champion “Suga” Rashad Evans takes on rising star and former Penn State wrestling standout Phil Davis.

In addition, UFC fans in Philly will be treated to an exciting light heavyweight battle between former middleweight champion Rich Franklin and former PRIDE^® star Antonio Rogerio Nogueira, as well as a 185-pound clash pitting former UFC world champion Vitor Belfort against Japanese superstar Yoshihiro Akiyama.