The Ultimate Fighting Championship® organization has launched the official site for UFC 74: RESPECT featuring the championship main event Couture vs. Gonzaga and the special feature Georges St-Pierre vs. Josh Koscheck live from Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center Saturday, August 25. Having earned the respect of sports fans everywhere, both Couture and Gonzaga the two best heavyweights in the UFC will now face each other in one of the most highly anticipated title fights ever. The fully interactive 3-D Microsite http://74.ufc.com will go in-depth to tell you why.
The UFC 74 site is a multi-dimensional online UFC experience. When visitors log on, the UFC 74 trailer plays as it shows Couture and the man who KO'd "Cro Cop," Gabriel Gonzaga. The main page features links to the top two bouts of the night with Couture vs. Gonzaga, and St-Pierre vs. Koscheck. You can navigate into each of these fights to find in-depth fight details, fight history, highlight reels of each fighters stand-up game and ground game, and interviews with each fighter.
In addition to the in depth look into these two bouts, the site includes profiles of the other bouts on the UFC 74 card including Roger Huerta vs. Alberto Crane; Joe Stevenson vs. Kurt Pellegrino; Kendall Grove vs. Patrick Cote; Renato "Babalu" Sobral vs. David Heath; Frank Mir vs. Antoni Hardonk; Travis Lutter vs. Ryan Jensen; and Clay Guida vs. Marcus Aurelio.
There has been a recent surge of popularity for the UFC's main Internet portal (www.ufc.com), which regularly attracts about 4 million unique visitors per month. The UFC 74 event website was developed by RED Interactive Agency (www.FF0000.com), a Los Angeles-based award-winning interactive agency.
Tickets for UFC 74: RESPECT are on sale now and are priced at $800, $500, $300, $200, $100 and $50. Tickets will be sold at any Mandalay Bay box office and all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Smith's Food and Drug Centers, Macy's stores and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call the Mandalay Bay box office at (702) 632-7580 or Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.ufc.com, www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com.
UFC 74: RESPECT is available live on pay-per-view at 10 p.m. EST/7 p.m. PST on iN DEMAND, DIRECTV, DISH Network, TVN, Bell ExpressVu, Shaw Communications and Viewer's Choice Canada for a suggested retail price of $39.95 ($39.99 CAD).