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UFC® MIDDLEWEIGHT
CHAMPION SILVA TO ATTEND ESPN’s X GAMES
 (PRESS
RELEASE) -- The pound-for-pound greatest fighter in the world, UFC®
Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva, is taking time out from his
intense training schedule for his upcoming fight at UFC 117 to
attend ESPN’s X Games 16 Thursday, July 29, 2010. “The Spider” will
be in attendance at the LA Coliseum for the Moto X Freestyle Final,
Women’s Super X Final and Men’s Super X Final, among other
competitions televised live nationally on ESPN.
Two more fans of the X Games, UFC’s Octagon Girl Arianny Celeste,
who recently graced the cover of Maxim Magazine, and Spike TV’s Best
of PRIDE® host Kenda Perez, who is featured in the August issue of
UFC Magazine, will also be in attendance Thursday evening.
WHO: UFC® MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION ANDERSON SILVA
ARIANNY CELESTE – UFC OCTAGON™ GIRL
KENDA PEREZ – HOST OF SPIKE TV’s BEST OF PRIDE®
WHAT: UFC CHAMPION AND UFC PERSONALITIES ATTEND ESPN X GAMES
WHERE: LA COLISEUM
3939 S. Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90037
WHEN: Thursday, July 29, 2010
6:30 PM ARRIVAL
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