Tickets On Sale This Week For 'UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II'

On Saturday, Dec. 29 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, the Ultimate Fighting Championship closes 2012 with a bang, as reigning heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos meets former champion Cain Velasquez in a long-awaited rematch between the two sluggers.

Dos Santos (15-1) ended Velasquez’s reign as heavyweight champion last November, knocking out the two-time Division I All-American wrestler in the first round. The 30-year-old Velasquez (9-1) has since bounced back with a dominant stoppage of world-ranked heavyweight Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva. 

“Cain is on a mission to get the belt back and avenge the only loss of his career,” UFC President Dana White said in a release. “He wants to prove that he’s still the best heavyweight in the world. But Junior is one of the hardest-hitting fighters ever and he proved that by knocking out Cain and Frank Mir in back to back fights. This is the perfect fight to end 2012!”

In addition to the heavyweight title rematch, former light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin meets former Division I national champion wrestler Phil Davis in a pivotal 205-pound contest. Griffin, winner of season one of The Ultimate Fighter, defeated Tito Ortiz in a trilogy bout in July. Now he collides with Davis, who is fresh off a brilliant submission victory over Wagner Prado at UFC 153.

UFC 155 also features surging middleweight star Chris Weidman (9-0) taking on Tim Boetsch (16-4) in a fight that will push the winner toward a 185-pound title shot. Weidman scored a first-round TKO of top contender Mark Munoz, while Boetsch snapped Hector Lombard’s five-year, 20-fight winning streak by defeating the Cuban in July.

Also on the main card, Gray Maynard (12-1-1) faces submission ace Joe Lauzon (22-7) in a bout between two of the lightweight division’s top contenders. Maynard defeated Clay Guida in his last fight in June, while Lauzon earned another Fight of the Night award in August with a submission win over Jamie Varner.

Additional bouts will me announced in the coming week.

Tickets for "UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II" go on sale Friday, Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. PT and are priced at $800, $600, $400, $250, $125, and $75. Tickets are available at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mgmgrand.com or www.ticketmaster.com.