STEELE CAGE TV SCHEDULE
Posted on | July 12, 2007 | No Comments
Steele Cage Promotions 7/7/07 MMA Event HDNet Television Schedule:
Marvin Eastman vs. Rob Kimmons IFO Middleweight Championship Fight and More
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Las Vegas, Nevada – July 11, 2007 – Hall of Fame Boxing Referee Richard Steele and Steve Oshins, co-owners of Steele Cage Promotions, LLC (www.steelecage.com) and the International Fighting Organization, LLC (IFO), are pleased to announce the television schedule for their recent Fireworks in the Cage mixed martial arts promotion held on July 7, 2007 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ten-card bout featured three IFO world title fights. The July 7th event will be shown as two separate ninety-minute television shows on HDNet (www.hd.net), the high definition network co-owned by Mark Cuban. The shows will be available in more than five million homes. The entire Fireworks in the Cage HDNet television schedule is available at www.hd.net/fightnight.html. Steele Cage President Richard Steele stated, “We are excited to have a television contract with HDNet and Mark Cuban. The national exposure from his network has led to an amazing amount of national media exposure as the media and fans who missed the Fireworks in the Cage event now want to see what the hype is all about.”
The first half of the event will premiere on HDNet Friday, July 13th at 10:00pm EST and will be replayed Saturday, July 14th at 1:30am EST and again at 5:00am EST. This portion of the fight card will include the Marvin “The Beastman” Eastman (14-7-1) vs. Rob “The Rosedale Reaper” Kimmons (17-3) fight for the IFO Middleweight Championship which has been called the 2007 fight of the year.
The second half of the event will premiere on HDNet Friday, July 20th at 10:00pm EST and will be replayed Saturday, July 21st at 1:30am EST and again at 5:00am EST. This portion of the fight card will include the Chris Guillen (35-7) vs. Wes “The Project” Sims (19-10-1) fight for the IFO Heavyweight Championship.
About Mixed Martial Arts: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) encompasses many different styles of fighting in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, In addition to Steele Cage Promotions and the International Fighting Organization, other popular MMA organizations include the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), PRIDE Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, BodogFight, the International Fight League (IFL), EliteXC and World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC).”