Limp Bizkit [ tickets ]'s previously announced performance during the Friday (7/10) kick-off event for the Ultimate Fighting Championship 100 Expo weekend in Las Vegas has been canceled, but the band will perform a free show in Sin City the following weekend.

In a statement posted at Limp Bizkit's website, the band claims the cancellation was necessary because "UFC and Interscope records (the band's label) could not come to an agreement on certain DVD rights."

The band also was unhappy with the venue for the event. "With all respect to Mandalay Bay, The UFC were also unhappy with LB's decision of wanting to switch the performance from the Beach at Mandalay Bay with its inappropriate layout for a heavy rock concert with Limp Bizkit, basically a stage in front of a pool, to a more standard concert venue also located at the Mandalay Bay which was the House of Blues. The UFC expressed they wanted a 'party vibe' for this event and would not settle for any venue besides the Beach for this and other reasons. First, LB would like to confirm we are HUGE UFC fans and will always be, but feel it is unfair for UFC to falsely confirm and advertise that Limp Bizkit will be performing to only change their minds after many people have rearranged their lives and bought tickets to be in Vegas for this special concert."

The just-announced free Limp Bizkit show is set to take place July 18 at the Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas. The show will mark Limp Bizkit's first US concert in eight years. A press release says that tickets will be handed out on a first-come, first-served basis, but specific details weren't revealed.