More than 10,000 tickets for UFC 101 already sold

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More than 10,000 tickets for UFC 101 already sold

by Franklin McNeil May 26, 2009 8:19PM

Tickets are selling extremely fast for UFC 101, which will be held August 8 at Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. More than 10,000 tickets have been sold for the event, a source close to the situation told The Star-Ledger. The tickets were made available to the public on Saturday.
It should come as no surprise that fans are gobbling up tickets at such a rapid pace. The UFC hasn't put on a show in the Northeast since November 2007, when Rashad Evans and Michael Bisping headlined UFC 78 at Prudential Center in Newark.
Besides, UFC 101 features two highly anticipated bouts. Lightweight champion BJ Penn defends his title against top-ranked contender Kenny Florian. Also, middleweight titleholder Anderson Silva returns to the light heavyweight division to face former 205-pound champ Forrest Griffin.
The card will feature a number of fighters with ties to surrounding states. Brooklyn, N.Y.-born Amir Sadollah looks to remain unbeaten when he faces Johny Hendricks. Others on the card include, New York native and Hamilton, N.J., resident Ricardo Almeida (middleweight), lightweight Kurt Pellegrino of Point Pleasant, N.J., welterweight Matt Riddle, a native of Allentown, Pa., and Courtland, N.Y.-based welterweight Tamdan McCrory.
A number of fans from Danbury, Conn., are likely to make the trek to Philly to support native son Dan Cramer. It will be Cramer's second appearance in UFC, where he is 1-0.