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Contact:  Greg Romeyn, 860.862.8493

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Mixed Martial Arts Action Live at Mohegan Sun:

Battle At the Sun III

An entire day of extreme action sports Sunday, August 3rd 

Uncasville, CT (April 27, 2008) — Mohegan Sun and promoter Peter Rogers have teamed up to present Action Sports World Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Tournaments and Professional Supershow on Sunday, August 3rd.   

Tickets for the day-time Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Tournament are $20.00, general admission.  Tickets for the night-time Professional Supershow are $40.00 and $25.00 and both are on sale now at the Mohegan Sun Box Office and through Ticketmaster.  Ticketmaster customers may log on to ticketmaster.com; call any Ticketmaster Charge by Phone number; or visit any Ticketmaster outlet.   

Mohegan Sun Arena will be transformed in to a battle ground when three separate boxing rings are set-up alongside multiple mat rings to host Action Sports World Amateur Mixed Martial Arts Tournaments and Professional Supershow on Sunday, August 3rd.  Seven Different Amateur tournaments will take place between 9:00am and 4:00pm, including full contact Kickboxing, Thaiboxing, Submission Grappling, Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts.   Then beginning at 7:00pm, professionals take over in the Nightime Professional Supershow.  Four professional international mixed martial arts teams, consisting of 3-5 fighters each, will battle in elimination format for the 2008 “Mohegan Sun International Team Cup.”     All action is sanctioned by the USKBA Action Sports.   

For more information on this and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com.  For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.