Holly Madison to be 'Guest' Octagon Girl for UFC(R) 100 This Saturday Night

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Tue Jul 7, 2009 11:23am EDT

'GIRLS NEXT DOOR AND DANCING WITH THE STARS BEAUTY MAKES STAR TURN-LITERALLY-
AROUND THE OCTAGON AT BIGGEST UFC EVENT IN HISTORY!

LAS VEGAS, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Already in Las Vegas for her newly-premiered
and well-received production at Planet Hollywood called "Peep Show", Holly
Madison expressed interest at a recent Ultimate Fighting Championship event
that she wanted to take a spin around the Octagon(R) for UFC(R) 100 this
Saturday night. The fight card, taking place at Mandalay Bay, is expected by
every measure to be the biggest event in the Ultimate Fighting
Championship's(R) history with a unified heavyweight title on the line between
Brock Lesnar versus Frank Mir and a welterweight championship fight between
Georges "Rush" St-Pierre and #1 contender Thiago "Pitbull" Alves.

Holly Madison joins the lovely posse of Octagon Girls(TM) known to their UFC
fans as Arianny Celeste, Edith Labelle and Logan Stanton. "It's been a dream
of mine since becoming a fan of the UFC and watching the incredible
athleticism of the fighters, to do the honors of being an Octagon Girl for a
night," said Madison. 

"UFC 100 marks the biggest event in the history of our company, so it's the
perfect time to bring in the Ultimate Octagon Girl, Holly Madison. Not only is
Holly one of the world's most beautiful women, but she is a huge fan and
supporter of the UFC, and we're looking forward to having her with us on July
11th," said Dana White, the president of the UFC.

UFC 100 takes place this Saturday, July 11 live from the Mandalay Bay Events
Center in Las Vegas. The sold out event is available live on Pay-Per-View
starting at 10pm ET/7pm PT. Fans may also see Holly LIVE on www.UFC.com/BK

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the world.

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SOURCE  Ultimate Fighting Championship

United States, Jennifer Wenk, Director UFC Public Relations, +1-702-221-4790,
cell, +1-702-635-0995, jwenk@ufc.com
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