UFC 148 tickets for sale soon for 'Silva vs Sonnen 2' at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 7

Tickets for UFC 148: "Silva vs. Sonnen 2," which was recently made official for the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sat., July 7, 2012, will go on sale to the general public on Fri., May 4, 2012, at 1 p.m. ET.

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Fight Club members and UFC Newsletter subscribers, naturally, will be able to scoop up tickets prior to them being available for public consumption thanks to two separate special presales.

UFC 148 features a main event rematch between Anderson Silvva vs. Chael Sonnen, as well as another bitter rivalry (a trilogy, no less) between Dominick Cruz vs. Urijah Faber, in the co-featured fight of the night.

Solid match ups such as Rich Franklin vs. Cung Le, Michael Bisping vs. Tim Boetsch and Forrest Griffin vs. Tito Ortiz, among others, are also expected to highlight the most stacked pay-per-view (PPV) main card of the year so far.

Here is the UFC 148 tickets sales schedule (all times ET):

• UFC Fight Club presale: Weds., May 2 at 1 p.m.
• UFC Newsletter presale: Thurs., May 3 at 1 p.m.
• General tickets sale: Fri., May 4 at 1 p.m.

UFC 148 tickets can be purchased through StubHub.com (Note: StubHub often has seats available even if the event is "sold out"). It will also be available to watch on pay-per-view (PPV) at 10 p.m. ET on fight night.

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