UFC Applies for Mandalay Bay As Venue for UFC 151

UFC officials have finally filed their venue request for the upcoming UFC 151 event, during a meeting with the Nevada State Athletic Commission meeting, last Thursday.

UFC plans to host their event, ‘UFC 151: Jones vs. Henderson’ at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on September 1. This upcoming event will be headlined by a light heavyweight bout between champ Jon Jones and Dan Henderson and is also expected to feature a fight among featherweights Dennis Siver and Eddie Yagin.

This event will be one of the biggest MMA event this year. Jones is looking for his fourth consecutive title defense. While Henderson, like Jones, also boasts of one of the most impressive and accomplished careers in MMA history.

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