Reminder: UFC 161 tickets on sale next week, press conference set for Wednesday

As a reminder, tickets for this summer’s “UFC 161: Barao vs. Wineland” event are on sale next week.

To kick off the sales, UFC officials have planned a Wednesday press conference in UFC 161's host city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The conference takes place at 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT local time) and streams live on UFC.com.

Winnipeg becomes the fifth Canadian city to host a UFC event following previous visits to Calgary, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.

“We’re proud to add Winnipeg to our list of Canadian UFC cities,” UFC Director of Operations for Canada, Australia and New Zealand Tom Wright stated. “The city has an impressive resume in terms of teams including the Jets, Bombers and Moose as well as major events such as the Grey Cup and Pan Am Games. We can’t wait for Winnipeg to experience the UFC.”

UFC 161 takes place June 15 at MTS Centre in Winnipeg with a main card on pay-per-view following prelims on FX and Facebook. The main event is an interim bantamweight title fight between interim champ Renan Barao (30-1 MMA, 5-0 UFC) and former WEC champion Eddie Wineland (20-8-1 MMA, 2-2 UFC).

Ticket prices for the event have yet to be revealed.

The general public can buy tickets beginning Friday, April 12 at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT local time).

However, UFC Fight Club members can buy tickets on April 10 at 10 a.m. CT, and UFC.com e-newsletter subscribers can purchase their seats on April 11 at 10 a.m. CT.

The latest UFC 161 card includes:

• Renan Barao vs. Eddie Wineland – for interim bantamweight title
• Antonio Rogerio Nogueira vs. Mauricio Rua
• Rashad Evans vs. Dan Henderson
• Patrick Barry vs. Shawn Jordan
• Jake Shields vs. Tyron Woodley
• Sam Stout vs. Isaac Vallie-Flagg
• Stipe Miocic vs. Soa Palelei
• Ryan Jimmo vs. Igor Pokrajac
• Sean Pierson vs. Anthony Waldburger
• Mitch Clarke vs. John Maguire
• Roland Delorme vs. Edwin Figueroa
• Yves Jabouin vs. Dustin Pague

For the latest on UFC 161, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of the site.

(Pictured: Renan Barao)