Tickets for “UFC 128: Shogun vs Evans” On-Sale This Week

Tickets for UFC’s return to New Jersey go on sale this week. The organization will host “UFC 128: Shogun vs. Evans,” a pay-per-view event headlined by UFC light-heavyweight champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans, on March 19 at the Prudential Center.

The tickets for the PPV event will be on sale this Thursday, Jan. 13, though a pre-sale begins Tuesday.

Members of the UFC Fight Club, can now purchase tickets. Subscribers to the free UFC.com e-newsletter can purchase tickets on Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET. The general public can avail the purchases on Thursday at 10 AM ET. Tickets range from $60 to $500.

The UFC previously went to Newark for UFC 111 (Georges St-Pierre vs. Dan Hardy) and UFC 78 (Michael Bisping vs. Evans). Atlantic City also hosted six shows from 2000-2005, and East Rutherford hosted a show in 2001.

The latest UFC 128 card includes:

MAIN CARD

* Champ Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Rashad Evans (for light-heavyweight title)
* Urijah Faber vs. Eddie Wineland
* Jim Miller vs. Kamal Shalorus
* Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic vs. Brendan Schaub*
* Yoshihiro Akiyama vs. Nate Marquardt*

PRELIMINARY CARD

* Joseph Benavidez vs. Ian Loveland
* Edson Barboza vs. Anthony Njokuani
* Kurt Pellegrino vs. Gleison Tibau
* Ricardo Almeida vs. Mike Pyle
* Nick Catone vs. Dan Miller
* Luiz Cane vs. Karlos Vemola

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