UFC® is excited to announce that it has confirmed its largest-ever roster of UFC superstars, UFC Hall of Famers and legends for the 2016 UFC Fan Expo®, which takes place from Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The three-day event concludes the 5th annual UFC International Fight Week™, the world’s largest celebration of combat sports that takes over Las Vegas from Tuesday, July 5 through Sunday, July 10.
UFC Fan Expo has expanded to three days, offering fight fans unparalleled access to UFC champions, top-ranked contenders, UFC Hall of Famers, celebrities, legendary athletes and Octagon Girls®, while offering numerous interactive and immersive activations.
The following participants are scheduled to attend UFC Fan Expo (listed alphabetically):
- Jhenny Andrade
- Luciana Andrade
- Carly Baker
- Dennis Bermudez
- Michael Bisping*
- Chrissy Blair
- Kahili Blundell
- CM Punk
- Bryan Caraway
- Johnny Case
- Arianny Celeste
- Henry Cejudo
- Donald Cerrone
- Mark Coleman^
- Carlos Condit
- Dominick Cruz*
- Red Dela Cruz
- John Dodson
- Rashad Evans
- Urijah Faber
- Don Frye^
- Cody Garbrandt
- Jamillette Gaxiola
- Forrest Griffin^
- Uriah Hall
- Vanessa Hanson
- Dan Hardy
- Max Holloway
- Kyoji Horiguchi
- Matt Hughes^
- Cris “Cyborg” Justino
- Dong Hyun Kim
- Ricardo Lamas
- Chuck Liddell^
- Neil Magny
- Guy Mezger
- Stipe Miocic*
- Rose Namajunas
- Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira^
- Khabib Nurmagomedov
- Camila Oliveira
- Brian Ortega
- Alistair Overeem
- Brittney Palmer
- Kristie Pearson
- Raquel Pennington
- Kenda Perez
- Anthony Pettis
- Sergio Pettis
- Dustin Poirier
- Ovince Saint Preux
- Luke Rockhold
- Yair Rodriguez
- Ben Rothwell
- Junior Dos Santos
- Dan Severn^
- Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza
- Jeremy Stephens
- Aljamain Sterling
- Stephen Thompson
- Tecia Torres
- Paige VanZant
- Chris Weidman
- Pete Williams^
*Denotes UFC champion
^Denotes UFC Hall of Famer
With more than 600,000 square feet of all things UFC, fans will have the unique opportunity to engage with a record-number of athletes during autograph and photo sessions or participate in activities conducted by UFC partners including: Reebok, EA Sports, MetroPCS, Bud Light, Harley-Davidson®, Toyo Tires®, Topps®, Monster Energy and UFC GYM®.
UFC Fan Expo will also include amateur martial arts tournaments from various disciplines and highly-anticipated superfights, providing hours of amateur competition featuring both up-and-coming and legendary athletes from around the world.
The expo will feature a host of athlete engagement sessions with an exemplary list of athletes including: three current UFC champions, seven former UFC champions, nine UFC Hall of Famers and numerous mixed martial arts (MMA) pioneers. Each participant’s session will take place at one of more than 30 UFC brand stations throughout the Fan Expo grounds with autograph and photo opportunities for all fight fanatics in attendance.
UFC International Fight Week features the 2016 UFC Fan Expo®, UFC Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, a UFC Reebok experience and the Ulti-man 5k, as well as numerous fan events throughout Las Vegas the entire week.
The historic week will be highlighted by three events in three nights, with 36 bouts and five UFC championships on the line. The three events are headlined by the landmark UFC® 200: CORMIER vs. JONES 2, on Saturday, July 9 at T-Mobile Arena.
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