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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Jessica Rees [email protected] 760-834-8599 TORTOISE ROCK CASINO PRESENTS ULTIMATE VIEWING PARTY FOR UFC 198 FEATURING HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT Watch Live In Casino Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.m. TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA – (May 9, 2016) – Tortoise Rock Casino is proud to present the ultimate viewing party for UFC 198 featuring the Heavyweight Title fight between current champion Fabricio Werdum and Stipe Miocic. UFC 198 will be shown live in Shelly’s Lounge on Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.m. Fabricio “Val Cavalo” Werdum looks to defend his Heavyweight title for the third straight time. He first won the belt in 2014 with a technical knockout (TKO) over Mark Hunt and defended it again against Cain Velasquez last year. Werdrum is a highly successful mixed martial artist with black belts in Brazilian jiu- jitsu, Judo and Muay Thai. His challenger is the surging Stipe Miocic. His last fight against Andrei Arlovski took just :54 seconds, earning him Performance of the Night honors. 11 of his 14 wins were by knockout, and he has suffered just one loss in four years. The co-main event features a Middleweight fight between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza against Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort. The main card also includes another Middleweight battle with Anderson “The Spider” Silva and Uriah “Prime Time” Hall. The fights will take in front of a hometown crowd for Werdum in Brazil, and the action will be shown live on Saturday, May 14 at 7 p.m. in Shelly’s Lounge. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Tortoise Rock Casino can be found by taking a right on Adobe Road at Highway 62 going east. Everyone 18 years of age and over can join the non-stop sizzling gaming action at Tortoise Rock Casino. For more information, visit www.TortoiseRockCasino.com. ABOUT TORTOISE ROCK CASINO: Tortoise Rock Casino is owned and operated by the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians. This gorgeous entertainment destination in Twentynine Palms, California is beautifully situated between the majestic Joshua Tree National Park and one of the country’s largest military training facilities—the United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. The casino offers 30,000 square feet of gaming space with over 400 Slot Machines, 12 Table Games, three poker tables, plus live entertainment, Oasis Grille and Shelly’s Lounge. Visit www.TortoiseRockCasino.com for more information or call 1.866.377.6829. The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians also owns and operates Spotlight 29 Casino in nearby Coachella, California. ### .