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THE BIGGEST STARS OF THE UFC® TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ON NOV. 17

Las Vegas, Nevada – The stars of the UFC® will converge in Las Vegas alongside UFC President to launch an incredible slate of upcoming events. THE TIME IS NOW launch will feature the largest compilation of champions, contenders and main event headliners on the same stage. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts at 2 p.m. PT on Monday, Nov. 17, and will be streamed live on www.ufc.com.

As the UFC spans the globe with incredible live events from December’s Fight Night in to UFC® 184 in in February, the time is now to gear up for an epic stretch of fights inside the iconic Octagon®. For the first time ever, the UFC will also unveil its entire 2015 calendar and make a very special announcement.

Tickets for UFC Fight Night™ in will be available on Thursday, Nov. 20, while tickets to UFC® 182, UFC® 183 and UFC® 184 will go on sale Friday, Nov. 21. For more information, please visit www.ufc.com/event-ticket-info.

THE TIME IS NOW launch includes: UFC FIGHT NIGHT™: MACHIDA vs. DOLLAWAY Saturday, Dec. 20 at Ginásio José Corrêa in Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil · – former UFC champion and No. 4 contender

· CB Dollaway – No. 10 middleweight contender

UFC® 182: JONES vs. CORMIER Saturday, Jan. 3 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. · Jon “Bones” Jones – UFC light heavyweight champion

· – No. 2 light heavyweight contender and former STRIKEFORCE® Grand Prix champion

UFC FIGHT NIGHT™: McGREGOR vs. SIVER Sunday, Jan. 18 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. · Conor McGregor – No. 5 contender

· Dennis Siver – No. 8 featherweight contender

UFC® 183: SILVA vs. DIAZ Saturday, Jan. 31 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nev. · – former UFC middleweight champion and No. 1 middleweight contender

· – former STRIKEFORCE champion

UFC® 184: WEIDMAN vs. BELFORT Saturday, Feb. 28 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif. · – UFC middleweight champion

· – former UFC light heavyweight champion and No. 3 middleweight contender

· “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey – UFC women’s bantamweight champion

· Cat Zingano – No. 1 women’s bantamweight contender

About the Ultimate Fighting Championship® Owned and operated by , LLC, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC®) is the premier mixed (MMA) organization and largest pay-per-view event provider in the world. Headquartered in Las Vegas with offices in , Toronto, Singapore and Sao Paulo, UFC produces more than 40 live events annually that consistently sell out some of the most prestigious arenas around the globe. UFC programming is broadcast in 129 countries and territories to nearly 800 million TV households worldwide in 28 different languages. The UFC has a multi-year broadcast agreement with FOX in the U.S., which annually includes four live events broadcast on the FOX network, as well as ® reality television show and thousands of hours of programming on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. In 2014, UFC launched UFC FIGHT PASS™, a digital subscription service with exclusive live events, thousands of fights on-demand and original content. The UFC organization also licenses over 100 UFC GYM® locations, and owns UFC.TV® (offering live event broadcasts and video on-demand around the world), UFC FIT® (an in-home fitness and nutrition program), UFC Magazine, and has a videogame franchise with EA SPORTS, UFC Fight Club®, UFC Fan Expo®, UFC branded apparel, DVDs and Blu-rays and Topps Trading Cards. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, and Instagram: @UFC.