The Ultimate Fighting Championship will return to Denver on Aug. 11 with an anniversary card for UFC 150, circuit officials said Friday, in a return to the birthplace of the mixed martial arts organization.

UFC 150 — which will also air on pay-per-view from the Pepsi Center — will mark a kind of historic point in its timeline.

Denver hosted UFC 1 at the old McNichols Sports Arena in 1993 and UFC 2 at the former Mammoth Gardens in 1994, long before MMA established itself in the American sporting mainstream.

Tickets for the Denver event will go on sale June 15.

Last September, Jon “Bones” Jones fought Rampage Jackson for the light heavyweight championship in Denver, on top of a fight card that was one of the most hyped of 2011.

After the success of that show, UFC decided on a return trip to Denver less than a year later.

The main events for UFC 150 have not been decided, officials said, but fans likely will speculate on potential title fights.

The timeline could be about right for Jones to face Dan Henderson for the light heavyweight championship. Jones successfully defended his title last week, for the third time, by defeating Rashad Evans in Atlanta.

Two fights have been scheduled for the UFC 150 card, officials said, including Luiz Cane vs. Yushin Okami at middleweight and Thiago Tavares vs. Dennis Hallman, likely at lightweight.

UFC matchmakers will be busy before UFC 150. Three weeks before, on July 21, UFC 149 will take place in Calgary, Alberta, with Antonio Rodriguo Nogueira vs. Cheick Kongo among the fights announced. And UFC will put a nationally-televised show on Fox in Los Angeles on Aug. 4.

Nick Groke: 303-954-1015 or ngroke@denverpost.com