'The Pearl' to hold UFC Fight Night April 5

The Pearl to Hold the Venue’s First Ever UFC® Fight Night™ Live April 5

Main event will air on Spike TV featuring lightweights
Joe “Daddy” Stevenson vs. Melvin “The Young Assassin” Guillard

Las Vegas, Nev. – February 16, 2007 – The first ever UFC® Fight Night™ live from The Pearl at The Palms Casino Resort is set to take place on April 5 and
be telecast live to millions of fans on Spike TV. The UFC Fight Night series on Spike TV feature many of the biggest names in the world of mixed martial
arts and this main event of the inaugural fight at The Pearl will be no exception featuring lightweights Joe “Daddy” Stevenson vs. Melvin “The Young Assassin”
Guillard.


“Having The Pearl host the April 5 Fight Night shows the versatility of the theater for live entertainment. The first year of entertainment in The Pearl
just keeps getting larger – to partner with a brand like the UFC is huge and we look forward to a lasting relationship,” said Palms owner George Maloof.

“We are pleased to be working with the Maloofs to bring the most exciting live combat sport in the world – the UFC – to The Palms in Las Vegas,” said UFC
President Dana White. “I am very excited about this partnership, the property fits perfectly with the UFC demographic, and I look forward to holding a
series of UFC events inside the state-of-the-art venue The Pearl.”

The UFC® Fight Night™ main event couples two extraordinary skillful fighters both hailing from The Ultimate Fighter® 2, Stevenson and Guillard. Fighting
out of Las Vegas, Stevenson (31-7) is known for his overwhelming wrestling and ground and pound. Like Guillard, Stevenson fought his way through The Ultimate
Fighter® 2 competition to the finals where he defeated Luke Cummo by unanimous decision in a classic fight to earn his claim as the welterweight winner.
Since then, Stevenson scored a second round TKO over Yves Edwards at UFC 61, and recently won a first round submission over Dokonjonosuke Mishima at UFC
65. At the upcoming UFC® Fight Night™, Stevenson is planning a convincing victory over Guillard to show he will be the new favorite in the UFC lightweight
division.

Fighting out of Baton Rouge, LA, Guillard (39-6-3) is an explosive fighter with good wrestling and striking skills. His brash personality made him stand
out immediately on The Ultimate Fighter® 2, but with a decisive win over Marcus Davis in the finale, Guillard proved he has more than just attitude. After
a setback against Josh Neer at welterweight, Melvin dropped down to the lightweight division at UFC 60 and destroyed Rick Davis quickly in the first round.
Continuing as a lightweight, he followed that win with a second round TKO over Gabe Ruediger at UFC 63. Now Guillard is ready to take on Stevenson and
prove his new-found dominance in the UFC’s 155-pound division.

Tickets for UFC® Fight Night™ are $150.00, $250.00 and $350.00, plus any additional box office or service fees, and go on-sale Thursday, February 22 at
10:00 am. Please visit any Ticketmaster location, call 702-474-4000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com to purchase tickets. Doors for UFC® Fight Night™ will
open at 1:00 pm and the first bout begins at 2:00 pm.

About The Ultimate Fighting Championship:
The Ultimate Fighting Championship® brand is the world’s leading professional mixed martial arts organization and offers the premier series of MMA sports
events. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., the UFC® organization produces approximately twelve to fourteen live pay-per-view
events annually that are distributed through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution, UFC fight programs are distributed throughout
the world including broadcast on WOWOW, Inc. in Japan, on MAIN EVENT in Australia, Globosat in Brazil and Bravo in the United Kingdom. For more information,
or current UFC fight news, visit www.ufc.com.

Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, Zuffa™, The Octagon™ and the eight-sided
competition mat and cage design are registered trademarks, trademarks, trade dress or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC in the United States
and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC or other respective owners.

About The Pearl:
The Pearl is Las Vegas’ premier concert theater boasting accommodations for up to 2,500 ticket holders. Featuring a stage just four feet from the floor
and the farthest seating area being a mere 120 feet from the stage, The Pearl offers the utmost in intimate viewing of your favorite acts. Private and
semi-private skyboxes are located on each side of the venue offering private bars, lounges and restrooms. The Pearl is a marvel of modern technology using
only top quality sound and video equipment throughout. Hard wired to The Studio at The Palms, The Pearl allows artists to create a cost-effective live
album with efficiency and without additional venue set-up. For more information, please visit www.palms.com.

About the UFC on Spike TV:
Spike TV began airing UFC programming in January, 2005 and was the first television network in North America to air a live UFC bout. Thus far, nine live
UFC Fight Nights have averaged 2.2 million viewers - more than the average regular season telecasts of the NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA basketball on cable
television. Spike TV is available in 91 million homes and is a top five cable network for Men 18-34 featuring such popular UFC branded shows as The Ultimate
Fighter, UFC Unleashed, UFC Fight Night, UFC Countdown, Ultimate Knockouts, UFC All Access, UFC Live and Inside and Inside The UFC. The Ken Shamrock/Tito
Ortiz III fight on October 10, 2006 peaked at a viewer ship of nearly six million and drew more men 18-34 than Game 1 of the ALCS that same night. For
more information on Spike TV, please visit www.spiketv.com.