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By: Jamie Penick, MMATorch Editor-in-Chief
The UFC is targeting another UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas, along with their sixth straight July event in the city, during the July 4th weekend of this year according to a report from MMAJunkie.com.
Per the report, the organization is planning to book the Mandalay Bay Events Center, where next month's UFC 126 event takes place, for an event on July 2. That card could possibly serve as UFC 132.
The Fan Expo would be the third held in Las Vegas in conjunction with an event, following the debut of the expo prior to UFC 100 and last year's Fan Expo prior to UFC 114 in May. The organization has held similar expos twice outside of Las Vegas, in Boston and in London. The two day events feature seminars, clothing and equipment booths, autograph signings and much more.
This would be the second event at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in 2011 after only one event at the venue in 2010.
Penick's Analysis: The Fan Expo has been a hit for the organization thus far, drawing large crowds to all of the iterations with the exception of the London expo. But coming back to Vegas, on July 4th weekend, could make for a big version of the two day gathering. With how the UFC's spring schedule is working out right now, they could have a couple of titles available for defense during this weekend, so it should make for another in a series of really big fights for the organization.
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Jamie Penick, editor-in-chief
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