UFC 162 tickets for sale soon for 'Silva vs Weidman' at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas

Tickets for UFC 162: "Silva vs. Weidman," which is set to go down inside MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 6, 2013, will go on sale to the general public next Friday morning (May 10, 2013) at 10 a.m. PT.

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 pre-sales.

UFC 162 will feature a Middleweight championship contest in the main event when top-ranked pound-for-pound fighter -- and longtime 185-pound kingpin -- Anderson Silva puts his title on the line against undefeated mat rat Chris Weidman.

In addition, former UFC Lightweight Champion Frankie Edgar will look to get into the 145-pound win column at the expense of Brazilian jiu-jitsu wunderkind Charles Oliveira, while Chan Sung Jung and Ricardo Lamas will collide in a battle "that could determine the next challenger for the Featherweight title."

Here is the UFC 162 tickets sales schedule (all times PT):

• UFC Fight Club presale: Weds., May 8 at 10 a.m.
  
• UFC Newsletter presale: Thurs., May 9 at 10 a.m.
  
• General tickets sale: Fri., May 10 at 10 a.m.
  

UFC 162 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) in the United States at 10 p.m. ET on fight night.

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