SHOWTIME® AND STRIKEFORCE® REACH NEW PROGRAMMING AGREEMENT FOR LIVE MMA EVENTS ON THE PREMIUM NETWORK
New Deal Kicks Off on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 with ROCKHOLD vs. JARDINE Plus, All STRIKEFORCE Preliminary Fights to Air Live on SHOWTIME EXTREME® NEW YORK (Dec. 15, 2011)—Showtime Networks Inc. and world championship mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion STRIKEFORCE® have entered into a new broadcast agreement to continue producing live MMA events on the premium television network, SHOWTIME. […]
UFC & FOX PACK PERFECT PUNCH
FOX SPORTS MEDIA GROUP REACHES MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-MEDIA RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITH ULTIMATE FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP FOX to Broadcast Four Fights Annually Beginning November 2011 The Ultimate Fighter, Featuring a New Format, Moves to FX Los Angeles – Today, Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC), the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization and No. 1 […]
RISING FEATHERWEIGHT STAR FREDDY ASSUNCAO SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH AGGRESSION MMA
Will make promotional debut at September event Edmonton, Alberta (Canada): Aggression MMA, one of the top Canadian fight promotions in operation, today announced that it has signed talented Brazilian mixed martial arts (MMA) competitor Freddy Assuncao to a contract with the organization. A member of the famed Assuncao family of fighting brothers, Freddy […]
LONNIE SMITH RETURNS FRIDAY
July 25th, 2011, Las Vegas — Super-featherweight “El Negro Mexicano”, “Lightning” Lonnie Smith (13-2-2, ) is back in action Friday, July 29th at the South Point Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas. Coming off an impressive unanimous decision win over Oxnard’s “Dangerous” David Rodella in April, Smith looks to advance his career by facing California’s Robert […]
SUPERSTAR “RUTHLESS’’ ROBBIE LAWLER SIGNS NEW MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH STRIKEFORCE
Former Two-Time World Champion to Challenge “Jacare” Souza For 185-Pound Title Saturday, Jan. 29, Live on SHOWTIME® From HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. NEW YORK (Dec. 29, 2010) – One day after re-signing its world welterweight champion, Nick Diaz, to a new multi-fight deal, STRIKEFORCE announced Wednesday that exciting, hard-hitting former two-time world middleweight […]