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UFC applies for October 29 event in Las Vegas, expected to serve as UFC 137
As expected, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is planning to conduct an Oct. 29 event in Las Vegas, which will serve as "UFC 137: St-Pierre vs. Diaz."
The world's biggest mixed martial arts promotion has officially applied with the Nevada State Athletic Commission for permission to hold a card on that date at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
As UFC president Dana White recently announced, the UFC 137 pay-per-view headliner pits UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) against Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC).
Only St-Pierre's title will be on the line. Diaz, in fact, will vacate his Strikeforce belt as part of a move to the UFC (though he'll apparently maintain the option to return to his former home, which the UFC recently acquired, if he doesn't win the UFC title).
The NSAC will vote to approve the application for the event at its next monthly meeting, which takes place June 27 at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas. The process is considered a mere formality for the UFC, which frequently hosts events in Sin City.
UFC 137 will be the 21st UFC event to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, an 11,000-seat venue located on the Las Vegas Strip. It'll be the second event at the venue in 2011; UFC 126 also took place at the arena back in February.
St-Pierre carries an impressive nine-fight win streak into UFC 137 and has dropped just one fight, an April 2007 championship upset to Matt Serra, in his past 16 outings. He's cleaned out most of the welterweight division and had been targeted for a potential superfight with middleweight champ Anderson Silva before officials turned their focus to Diaz.
Meanwhile, Diaz fights for the first time in the octagon since his 2006 release from the promotion. Diaz has posted an 11-1 record, which includes a current 10-fight win streak, since then. Like St-Pierre, Diaz had few, if any, remaining challenges in Strikeforce outside of prospect Tyron Woodley.
As expected, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is planning to conduct an Oct. 29 event in Las Vegas, which will serve as "UFC 137: St-Pierre vs. Diaz."
The world's biggest mixed martial arts promotion has officially applied with the Nevada State Athletic Commission for permission to hold a card on that date at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
As UFC president Dana White recently announced, the UFC 137 pay-per-view headliner pits UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre (22-2 MMA, 16-2 UFC) against Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz (25-7 MMA, 6-4 UFC).
Only St-Pierre's title will be on the line. Diaz, in fact, will vacate his Strikeforce belt as part of a move to the UFC (though he'll apparently maintain the option to return to his former home, which the UFC recently acquired, if he doesn't win the UFC title).
The NSAC will vote to approve the application for the event at its next monthly meeting, which takes place June 27 at the Grant Sawyer State Office Building in Las Vegas. The process is considered a mere formality for the UFC, which frequently hosts events in Sin City.
UFC 137 will be the 21st UFC event to take place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, an 11,000-seat venue located on the Las Vegas Strip. It'll be the second event at the venue in 2011; UFC 126 also took place at the arena back in February.
St-Pierre carries an impressive nine-fight win streak into UFC 137 and has dropped just one fight, an April 2007 championship upset to Matt Serra, in his past 16 outings. He's cleaned out most of the welterweight division and had been targeted for a potential superfight with middleweight champ Anderson Silva before officials turned their focus to Diaz.
Meanwhile, Diaz fights for the first time in the octagon since his 2006 release from the promotion. Diaz has posted an 11-1 record, which includes a current 10-fight win streak, since then. Like St-Pierre, Diaz had few, if any, remaining challenges in Strikeforce outside of prospect Tyron Woodley.