UFC Fan Expo pics and photos from Day One at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center
by MMAmania.com on Jul 10, 2009 8:34 PM EDT
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Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) today kicked off its first-ever two-day fan expo at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, coinciding with the promotion's historic centennial event tomorrow evening, July 11.
UFC Fan Expo is all about fans interacting and meeting with their favorite fighters under the Zuffa umbrella. Of course, companies and others in the mixed martial arts space descended on the venue to market their respective products and services.
Long lines were common today -- especially around the UFC and Pride FC booths, which were stocked with fan favorites such as Chuck Liddell, Wanderlei Silva, Randy Couture, Rampage Jackson and so many others.
We braved the ridiculously long lines and cramped quarters to see what it was all about. In the process we snapped a few photos of fighters who crossed our path. The Ultimate Fighter (TUF) Kimbo Slice (pictured above) was mobbed when he stepped out to sign autographs and pose for photos, but so, too, were the several folks we snapped after the jump.
Enjoy ... and feel free to share your own experiences and photos from the UFC Fan Expo after the jump. We'll pass along more from Day Two at some point this weekend.
UFC ring girl Arianny Celeste looking Mi-tee-fine as usual:
The latest 205-pound champion, Lyoto Machida, got ambushed at the Bud Light booth:
Turkey is done on the "Dean of Mean:"
WEC Bantamweight Champion Miguel Torres guzzled Gatorade and gutted out an appearance at Ecko:
WEC Featherweight Champion Mike Brown did his part on the opposite side of the tradeshow floor in the WEC booth:
Brown was flanked by WEC Lightweight Champion Jamie Varner to his left:
Gabriel Gonzaga scared more than his fair share of fans:
Good Dustin:
Bad Dustin:
Just about everyone who asked Gilbert Yvel for an autograph had no idea who he was:
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This would have been so awesome to have attended being such a huge UFC fan.
by Rod of Asclepius on Jul 10, 2009 11:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
i was there!
i said thats gilbert.. gilbert .. dang .. gilbert something…. he knockout pedro like a week ago.
i’ll get his autograph.
by mikeybear on Jul 11, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
rampage was like freakin heavly guarded by bodyguards! he was like a rock star!!
i waited in line for 5 hrs for a pic and autograph from w.silva
shoni carter was walking around and very little of us knew who he was and JZ was chillin there to
Mayhem miller is that F&*^king crazy in real life!!!
by mikeybear on Jul 11, 2009 12:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were a bunch of MMA fighters there. I got Baroni’s sig, got a pic with Lashley, Royce was there obv. Ishii was there but the just sat behind Baroni until somebody came up to him with a pen, lol.
by Fokman on Jul 11, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There were a $hit load of people there today, I can only image what tomorrow is gonna be like. The lines were long as hell, couldnt get to the UFC or Pride booths because the wait was just too freaking long (like hour plus wait).
by Fokman on Jul 11, 2009 12:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
f#ck man i want one of those pride shirts
by Jared on Jul 11, 2009 12:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How can i get a black PRIDE T-Shirt like lorenzo F/ was wearing at today’s 100 weigh in??
by iamdanawhite on Jul 11, 2009 12:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Turkey is Done on the Dean of Mean? Don’t get it. But I would stand in line to meet him, huge fan right here
by theCloser on Jul 11, 2009 1:44 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Nips popped up like a Turkey timer
by Jesse Holland on Jul 11, 2009 2:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn, that is both funny and incredibly disturbing at the same time. I was looking for that in the Arianny pic, but…just Damn.
by theCloser on Jul 11, 2009 7:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wow, I’d be in total awe seeing all those legends there.
by Babaaaalooooo on Jul 11, 2009 1:58 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
yea tomorrow you will talk shit about them …think
by hddavidson on Jul 11, 2009 2:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so…I wonder if this “Fedor chant” is really going down? Is it possible Lesnar or Mir would call him out without the whole chat thing anyway? We got less than 24 hours. It would be awesome to be able to experience this Event in person . Columbus in March was fantastic but this thing must be insane. I think $45,000 for ringside ticket’s pretty much says it all. Cheers!
by Davey D on Jul 11, 2009 3:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
This expo was sweet i was there both days it was crazy i got to watch Joe"Daddy"Stevenson do grapplers quest he didnt win but it was cool to watch
by R.H. on Jul 14, 2009 3:55 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I took my son to the Expo. We had the best friggin’ time. We must have taken about 60 pics, met around 30 or more fighters. Longest wait for me was a little over two hours to meet Uriah. Fighters everywhere. I got a pic with Gilbert too. lol. Vitor, Wand, Jardine, so many more. UFC and Pride booths were gobbled up by VIP (Will get next time), but most of the fighters went to other booths to sign autos and take pics. I was able to shake Dana White’s hand and tell him thank you after the HoF ceremony. If you are any type of MMA fan you gotta go to this before you die. It was awesome!
by Erik Hall on Jul 17, 2009 4:24 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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