SHOWTIME SPORTS® TO AGAIN OFFER POPULAR ONLINE EXPERIENCE TO GLOBAL AUDIENCE

Posted on | June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

STRIKEFORCE & M-1 GLOBAL: ALL ACCESS

Pre-Order and Sample Today at http://strikeforce.sho.com

Live Strikeforce & M-1 GLOBAL: Fedor vs. Werdum

To Stream Simultaneously With Live SHOWTIME® Telecast

Saturday, June 26, From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

SHOWTIME Sports once again will offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans around the world STRIKEFORCE: All Access, the cutting edge online interactive experience, live on Saturday, June 26, for STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL: Fedor vs. Werdum from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

The immersive digital initiative will stream simultaneously with the live SHOWTIME® telecast beginning at 10 p.m. ET* and will be available to fans around the world.

STRIKEFORCE: All Access debuted on April 11, 2009, when world-class MMA promotion STRIKEFORCE brought Frank Shamrock vs. Nick Diaz to SHOWTIME. The unique experience was offered again on June 6, 2009 for the Robbie Lawler vs. Jake Shields event and went global for “Carano vs. Cyborg” on Aug. 15, 2009. STRIKEFORCE and M-1 GLOBAL: Fedor vs. Werdum will be the first offering of STRIKEFORCE: All Access in 2010.

With STRIKEFORCE: All Access, fans can be their own director and toggle among five live cameras with full pause and rewind capabilities including SHOWTIME Sports exclusive CageCam®—a small and high quality camera worn by the referee which takes viewers inside the cage during the fights. It is the closest and most intimate viewing experience ever presented in MMA. Audio tracks will include the SHOWTIME telecast fight call by host and play-by-play man Gus Johnson, and color commentators Frank Shamrock and Mauro Ranallo, as well as the corresponding audio to the selected camera.

STRIKEFORCE: All Access will cost $24.95 per user and is available for pre-order at http://strikeforce.sho.com beginning today. Purchase includes access to the live stream and replays anytime thereafter through July 1.

As part of STRIKEFORCE: All Access fans also will receive a live Twitter feed from the event and can join behind-the scenes staff in tweeting about “Strikeforce” and “SHOWTIME Sports” during the evening.

Through a Facebook® Connect application, fans will be able to make predictions, comment on the live fights, discuss outcomes and even talk a little smack directly on the All Access page.

Other features include professional and amateur photography from the spectacle in the arena. Images of the fights, fan interaction and backstage will be uploaded during the live event via Flickr, the popular image and video hosting website and online community.

The June 26 event will mark the first time in MMA history that the No. 1 male and female fighters in the world will step into the cage on the same night. Fedor, long considered the world’s top pound for pound fighter, will take on world-ranked Fabricio Werdum and share the spotlight with female wrecking machine Cris Cyborg, who will defend her STRIKEFORCE Women’s World Middleweight (145 pound) Championship against Jan Finney.

*Telecast airs live in the U.S. at 10 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME (delayed on the West Coast); STRIKEFORCE: All Access will be webcast live in available countries at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

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