AL BERNSTEIN JOINS STEELE CAGE FOR DECEMBER 28TH MMA EVENT
Posted on | November 27, 2007 | No Comments
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Steele Cage Promotions Signs Al Bernstein as Commentator for December 28th MMA Event – Other High Profile Commentators to be Announced Shortly
Las Vegas, Nevada ? November 27, 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), announce that world-renowned fight commentator Al Bernstein will serve as one of its commentators. Bernstein’s first mixed martial arts event for Steele Cage and the IFO will take place at the Riviera Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, December 28th at 7:00pm. Tickets for the event can be purchased by calling the Riviera Box Office at 702-794-9433, Ext. 2.
Al Bernstein currently serves as a boxing analyst for the Showtime network. His essays, “Bernstein on Boxing” are a popular feature on ESPN Classic. He got his start in the fighting industry in the early 1970s as a writer for Ring Magazine and Boxing Illustrated. In 1980, he joined ESPN as a boxing analyst for the network’s Top Rank Boxing series.
“Having Al Bernstein as one of our commentators takes our events to the next level,” stated John “Ski” Stachofsky, Vice President of Steele Cage. Jon Fondy, another member of the Steele Cage team, commented further that “Al has a huge fan base and one of the most impressive backgrounds of any commentator in the fighting industry.”
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).”