HDNET AND BAMMA, EUROPE’S LARGEST MMA ORGANIZATION, INK NEW DEAL

Posted on | November 15, 2011 | No Comments

New partnership kicks off with “HDNet Fights:   BAMMA 8 LIVE” on HDNet – Saturday, December 10

 

DALLAS (November 14, 2011) As announced earlier tonight on HDNet’s live broadcast of “Inside MMA”, the network has signed a new agreement with Europe’s largest and most prominent Mixed Martial Arts Promotion, BAMMA.  This multi-year deal, negotiated by BAMMA distributor Content Television, will kick off on Saturday, December 10 with LIVE coverage of “BAMMA 8” from The Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England.

“BAMMA puts on the best MMA shows in Europe and HDNet broadcasts the best fights from around the globe,” said Andrew Simon, CEO of HDNet Fights.  “It was the perfect fit. I had to get this deal done!”

The “BAMMA 8” fight card features new signings, Jimi Manuwa and Antony Rea who will face off in a Light Heavyweight contest while Jack Marshman will defend his Lonsdale British Middleweight title against Lee “Leeroy” Barnes.  And, Paul McVeigh will make his BAMMA debut against Erik Perez.

 

Fresh off a decision win against HDNet’s own Frank Trigg at “BAMMA 7,” Jimmy Wallhead will face Joey Villasenor in his long awaited BAMMA debut with Andre Winner taking on Diego Gonzales in a World Lightweight Title eliminator fight.

 

“We see a US TV partner as a major step in our growth as an organisation and believe we have found the ideal partner in HDNet,” said David Green, CEO of BAMMA.  “We are very excited about this new partnership and look forward to bringing some first class events to the US public”

 

HDNet is your home for MMA, broadcasting LIVE MMA events from all over the world, and “Inside MMA” THE source for MMA news, airs LIVE every Monday night at 8:00 p.m. ET on HDNet.

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HDNet (www.hd.net) is the independent network with unique and thought-provoking content that appeals to men of all ages and is delivered in true high definition.

HDNet presents exclusive, innovative and original programming, including the network’s Emmy Award winning HD news feature programs, “HDNet World Report,” and “Dan Rather Reports,” featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather.
HDNet is your home for MMA, featuring the best of Mixed Martial Arts with its Friday night series, “HDNet Fights” (www.hdnetfights.com).  “Inside MMA” is the hottest Mixed Martial Arts program on television, giving fans their weekly fix for everything MMA, while “The Voice Vs…,” features Michael Schiavello going one-on-one with some of the biggest names in the sport.
HDNet also delivers the world’s largest and most diverse concert line-up through “HDNet Concerts,” now also presenting LIVE concerts in high definition.   HDNet also features revealing lifestyle programming featuring “Art Mann Presents,” “Drinking Made Easy,” “Deadline” and “Get Out!”

Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the HDNet networks are available in the U.S. via AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Suddenlink and Verizon FiOS .  The HDNet networks can be followed via Facebook at facebook.com/HDNet, and facebook.com/HDNetFights and via Twitter at twitter.com/hdnet and twitter.com/hdnetfights.

The Usual Suspects PART THREE: Xyience is The Enron of MMA

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CRUCIAL CASE DOCUMENTS ARE ENCLOSED IN THIS ARTICLE

“The longer this thing goes on (in bankruptcy court), the more the attorneys are going to get paid,” Bullard said.

By: Rich Bergeron

 

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Earlier this year, on March first to be exact, Fertitta Enterprises Attorney Gregory Garman earned a court hearing on over 100 pages of material citing examples of supposed “threats” I made toward certain individuals connected to Xyience. I have to admit, at that time I was dealing with plenty of aggravation.  I was stuck in Las Vegas because I decided to attend one hearing in person for a change. I wanted to make a good impression on the judge, so I showed up in the flesh in early February to a hearing seeking to amend the most significant motion I have going in my adversary proceeding. That “Rule 9011 Sanctions Motion” has yet to be heard by any judge presiding over the case thus far.

Expecting a completely different judge who would be familiar with the case on that fateful February morning in Vegas I came all the way from Massachusetts for, I got Judge Lloyd King instead. He was a transplant from Hawaii. He told the courtroom so with his first words on the record in my case. Judge King also made another telling admission at that first hearing I attended in person since first being sued by Xyience in March of 2007 for $25 million. King said in open court that he did not even read many of my past pleadings, reporting that he was told they were “hard to follow.”

I stood there in February more determined than ever, facing my adversaries in person, standing in that Vegas court for the very first time, and this Judge confesses he doesn’t know a thing about my argument in the matter. It’s clear from the jump that he favors the highly-paid local legal beagle at the other podium. I could tell immediately the lawyers represented the system’s best weapons in this judge’s eyes. He made it clear that he was biased right from the start, seeing I was there and suddenly demanding I show up to every subsequent hearing.

Someone like me comes into the process without law school experience or a bar card, and judges like King assume I’m automatically wrong. There’s no time for actually reading my argument or actually paying attention to subsequent testimony at the next hearing that proves I didn’t threaten anyone.

Though I appealed Judge King’s biased rulings, Garman and his law firm managed to get both appeals returned to the local U.S. District Court in Las Vegas, ensuring local judges would decide the matters. The Fertittas pay lots of local tax dollars, and their law firm is well known in Vegas. One appeal case remains ongoing while the other was quickly dismissed. I took a step back from the proceedings since the last hearing on March first. I quietly waited for the full realization of my very first major victory in the case, a $5,000 settlement paid to me by the trustee a few days after my 34th birthday this past October:

Entry Of Settlement Order in Xyience Vs. Bergeron Adversary Case

I suddenly realized this judge would need to marinate on this case for a while and listen to a certified legal professional like Jon Backman level with him over the course of a few months… and maybe even years worth of pleadings. Then, everything I was reporting and asking to promote relief for in my pleadings would make much more sense to Judge King. I began looking at it in the light most favorable to this man who was used to dealing with attorneys on a daily basis. I was a checkers piece on a chess board as far as he was concerned, a ragged bum on the street trying to give him advice on financial success. I hadn’t earned my place at the table as far as he was concerned, and he took offense to my tactics that strayed from the normal course of action taken by traditional attorneys in such cases. The previous judge seemed to give me more credit. Though at first I sought to recuse Judge Nakagawa, over time he seemed to see my point. He really listened to me at multiple hearings prior to his sudden stepping down from the case. Judge King all but ignored me, and he acted in support of my opposition almost every step of the way thus far. I became convinced the only way to win was not to play under these circumstances.

I let the trustee do the pinch-hitting, and he’s got a higher batting average and slugging percentage than I could ever hope for thus far. He really turned the corner recently in the case when he successfully sought his own sanctions for discovery violations in the case. Judge King began to smell what Backman was stepping in, and he made comments at the hearing reflecting he’d begun to see through the Fertitta Enterprises “loan to own” scheme to bankrupt and take over Xyience. His subsequent ruling reflected his suspicions that Fertitta Front Man William J. Bullard treated the discovery process like a game of hide and seek.

The crucial question that must be asked in every corruption case in order to unravel the whole operation is: WHO BENEFITS? It’s easy to trace the corrupt and deceptive actions of all the principals at Xyience to the primary insider beneficiaries, dating as far back as the events described in THE USUAL SUSPECTS PART ONE. Xyience really is an Enron-esque situation considering how the company was purposely dismantled, but the players in this scheme made some moves to perfect the scenario. For Enron, bankruptcy busted everyone from top to bottom in the long run. From shareholders to executives, people caught up in Enron either suffered financially, criminally, or in the case of Ken Lay: physically. Xyience’s chief looters turned the bankruptcy process into a steady stream of bankable income produced from the stolen and reconfigured new entity. The Fertittas disguised their ownership of Xyience and still don’t make it at all obvious they own the sponsor of the UFC, one of their most successful companies to date.

The Fertittas also managed to use Xyience’s huge sponsorship contract (back when the Xenergy can was in the middle of the mat), which they paid out of their own family coffers, to create a bidding war that would benefit the UFC. The Fertittas loaned millions to Xyience, but instead of putting it toward products and the sales process, they used it to pay bills the company owed to other Fertitta-owned entities like the UFC and Zuffa Marketing. This devious process helped the UFC turn the corner and eventually arrive at the pinnacle it will experience tonight on Fox with the broadcast of the UFC’s vaunted Heavyweight Championship fight between Junior Dos Santos and Cain Velasquez.

The bankruptcy litigation left it to lawyers to obscure the whole scheme, drag out the litigation until the shareholders were drowned in legal fees, and progress nearly four years into the proceedings without being held in any way accountable for their transgressions.

Some 385 former Xyience shareholders continue to suffer the consequences. Many are suffering more than ever with their finances as the economy shows more and more signs of weakness and the Vegas housing market maintains the honor of being the worst hit area of the country as far as foreclosures go. Multiple local Xyience shareholders lost their homes, their life savings, their retirement funds, and/or the college funds they set up for their children. The Fertittas got richer and fatter off their fraud while the victims endured years of wondering whether they would ever see any justice at all in the long, drawn out case that seemed to solve nothing. If anything, the creditors of the company will be the only ones to benefit from the work of the Trustee’s office. Even then, they will receive only a percentage of their losses, more than four years after they sustained the financial hit. Four years after the Fertittas paid themselves surreptitiously to put the company under. They drowned Xyience in self-serving debt to destroy it while they retained the chief lien position in the business. They got in the front door of the company pretending the handout was a hand up for shareholders, but the first chance they had they put themselves in sole control of the operation, burning countless investors and creditors who couldn’t afford to take the hit.

Not long after bankrupting Xyience, the Fertittas put their Station Casinos chain under bankruptcy protection and later bought a controlling percentage of the majority of the reorganized “locals casino” operation on the other end. Xyience suddenly looked like a trial run for that even larger controlled collapse. The Fertitta pattern of abuse continues to this day, evidenced by <link>Judge King’s recent ruling agreeing that sanctions should be applied due to various violations of the discovery process relating to the Xyience trustee’s adversary claims against the controlling parties.

On Friday November 4th, 2011 the Xyience Liquidating Trustee filed a motion for summary judgment against Fertitta Enterprises, Inc. and Zyen LLC. The Trustee will reportedly be seeking recovery of over $100 million for the Xyience bankruptcy estate in the ultimate case, which could go to trial as early as next April. The statement of facts supporting the motion lays out all the pertinent details to justify the request for relief.

The Trustee seeks summary judgment on Count X of the amended complaint, the preference claim against Fertitta Enterprises, Inc., and on Count XIII of the amended complaint, the fraudulent transfer claim against Zyen, LLC.
In the summary judgment motion and statement of facts, the Trustee alleges in detail how William Bullard, secretary and treasurer of Fertitta Enterprises and General Manager of Zyen, LLC (a subsidiary of Fertitta Enterprises), controlled and perpetrated a conspiracy with Adam Frank and Kirk Sanford (the former co-CEOs and respectively the chairman and a director of Xyience) to defraud Xyience creditors and stockholders, and how Bullard controlled Xyience for the benefit of Fertitta Enterprises, Inc. and Zyen, LLC.

Back in June 2007, Frank and Sanford took over management of Xyience. They valued the company at over $180 million, but they purposely refused to raise any capital for Xyience other than the loan from the Fertittas that facilitated their takeover. These two players were well aware that the company would be seriously damaged by this strategy and that alternative financing was available. Sanford and Frank both personally told me in November of 2007, some two months before the company announced bankruptcy, that they were going to give up and let it die. Sanford even dubbed the approach “scorched earth.”

Frank and Sanford, with Bullard’s substantial input, misrepresented the primary purpose of the Zyen loan facility and left out pertinent information in the September 2007 Funding Consent Letter sent to stockholders. Bullard also frequently misrepresented the purpose of the Zyen loan to shareholders and board members in order to further this illicit scheme. The Funding Consent Letter, against the advice of counsel, was sent to a small fraction of Xyience stockholders and did not contain information necessary for them to make an informed opinion. Frank and Sanford took the additional deceptive step of precluding stockholders from having any official shareholders’ meeting that could potentially block the Fertitta takeover.

Bullard, acting on behalf of the Fertittas, ultimately pressured Primary Stockholders Russell Pike, Jennifer Pike, William Pike Jr. and Michael Clark (who owned 25% of the outstanding stock of Xyience at the time) to give up their voting rights. This step allowed them complete “radio silence” and created an environment where nothing stood between the company and a state of insolvency that would give the Fertittas 100 percent control.

Bullard additionally informed Former CEO William Underhill, after the Zyen funding closed, that he would not allow a board meeting to take place until Underhill resigned. The first payment to the Fertittas on the October 4, 2007 Zyen loan note was purposely not made on November 1, 2007, which allowed Zyen to foreclose on Xyience, perfecting the scheme. This happened even though there was over $1 million in Xyience bank accounts to provide for such a payment. This was what Sanford meant when he talked about “scorched earth.” The scheme was already fully in motion by the time that meeting in Times Square he and Frank had with me kicked off. They already knew what their “end game” would be. The insiders reaped all the benefits.

A hearing is set for December 9, 2011 at 9:30AM at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 300 Las Vegas Blvd, South, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Boxing Links (11-14-11)

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Boxing legends set to attend private funeral for Joe Frazier in Philadelphia Washington Post PHILADELPHIA — Boxing greats are set to pay their respects to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at a private funeral in Philadelphia. The 67-year-old Frazier died last week after a short battle with liver cancer. A two-day public viewing was … See all stories on this topic »

More boxing scribes weigh in on Pacquiao-Marquez bout ABS CBN News MANILA, Philippines – Majority of the boxing scribes at ringside during the trilogy bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez believe that the Mexican champion was the true winner of the fight. Pacquiao defeated Marquez via a majority … See all stories on this topic »

Joe Frazier: Boxing’s Everyman to Ali’s swagger Washington Post (blog) Let’s face it, what working man or boxer was ever as articulate as Ali? I thought my old man was about as square as the buckle on a Pilgrim’s shoes. And the night in 1971 when Frazier knocked down Ali in Madison Square Garden, (even though Ali popped … See all stories on this topic »

Atlas boxing program getting new Staten Island gym SILive.com By Stephen Hart Staten Island Advance/Hilton FloresTrainer Teddy Atlas, left, and Park Hill boxer Marcus Brown work out in this 2010 photo. Atlas’ Cops ‘N Kids BoxingProgram will be opening a second gym on Staten Island before the end of the year. … See all stories on this topic »    SILive.com

Boxing weekend review: Bradley beats Casamayor The Sport Review Not a bad way to remind the boxing world of your talents. Casamayor was dropped in the fifth, seemingly pushed to the canvas in the sixth and then smashed around the ring until his corner threw in the towel in the eigth. … See all stories on this topic »

Tube staff to be balloted over Boxing Day pay row BBC News Tube drivers will vote on whether to go on strike in a row over Boxing Day pay on London Underground. Aslef said its 2200 members would be balloted after Tube bosses failed to agree on “adequate compensation” for working on an “unsociable day”. … See all stories on this topic »    BBC News

Junior Dos Santos and the 10 Best Boxers in MMA Today Bleacher Report Considered for some time to be the best boxer in the UFC’s heavyweight division, dos Santos made a case at UFC on Fox 1 that he’s one of the best boxers in the entire sport when he TKO’d champion Cain Velasquez in 64 seconds to capture the heavyweight … See all stories on this topic »    Bleacher Report

Funeral Set For Boxing Legend Joe Frazier Huffington Post 11/14/11 07:55 AM ET AP PHILADELPHIA — Boxing greats are set to pay their respects to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at a private funeral in Philadelphia. The 67-year-old Frazier died last week after a short battle with liver cancer. … See all stories on this topic »

Kalispell Boxing Legend Steps Out Of The Ring NBC Montana The Kalispell native’s professional boxing career took her across the country and abroad. Five years ago this week she fought Muhammad Ali’s daughter in a packed Madison Square Garden. These days though, it seems like her biggest fight is trying to … See all stories on this topic »

Shogun Rua: Boxing key against Henderson ESPN.co.uk (02:16) November 14, 2011 Shogun Rua: Boxing key against Henderson UFC Video : Former UFC champion Mauricio Shogun Rua plans to be the first to knock out Dan Henderson. (02:16) | Nov 14, 2011 Federer wins Paris Masters title Tennis Video : Roger … See all stories on this topic »

 

Blogs

Manny Pacquiao Needs To Commit To Boxing 100% Again … By Scoop Malinowski By Scoop Malinowski It’s exceedingly clear by now that Manny Pacquiao is not a full-time boxeranymore. He has too many side interests and activities ranging. BoxingInsider.com

Mayweather Overtakes Pacquiao: Bad Left Hook Boxing Rankings … By Scott Christ Bad Left Hook updates the divisional boxing rankings for November 14, with Floyd Mayweather Jr taking Manny Pacquiao’s spot at the top of the welterweight division. Bad Left Hook

Funeral set for boxing legend Smokin’ Joe Frazier | The Associated … By The Associated Press Boxing greats are set to pay their respects to former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at a private funeral in Philadelphia. The 67-year-old Frazier died last week after a short battle with liver cancer. A two-day public viewing was held at the … Examiner RSS

 

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The PPV Boxing Undercard TV Cheat Sheet – Doghouse Boxing Enough to keep that one hardcore boxing fan invited to the party watching from his seat in the center of the couch, while the rest stand around sneaking peeks at … doghouseboxing.com/DHB/Mulcahey111211.htm

ROBERT ‘THE GHOST’ GUERRERO CALLS OUT FLOYD MAYWEATHER FOR MAY 5, 2012

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If Mayweather Can’t Get Pacquiao, Then Guerrero Wants In By Lem Satterfield ~ RingTV.com   LAS VEGAS — If RING No. 2-rated pound-for-pound and WBC welterweight beltholder Foyd Mayweather Jr. can’t get southpaw No. 1-rated pound-for-pound and WBO counter part Manny Pacquiao into the ring on May 5, then RING No. 2-rated southpaw lightweight Robert Guerrero said that he is willing to take his place.    “May 5, you know, that’s when I’m coming right back into the ring. So, you know, like I said, I’m a five-time world champion over three different weight divisions. I’ve fought overseas and I’ve won five titles. What more can I do in boxing to put myself into position for a fight of this magnitude?” Continue Reading…   Robert Guerrero Calls out Floyd Mayweather  Video by Elie Seckbach ~ Watch Now Robert Guerrero vs. Manny Pacquiao Sparing Session at Wild Card Video with Joe Rein ~ Watch Now Guerrero Hits Harder Than Manny Pacquiao Video By Elie Seckback ~ Watch Now Guerrero Chases Big Money Fight in 2012 By Steve Carp ~ Las Vegas Review Journal Robert Guerrero says he wants Floyd Mayweather  Video By Paul Gutierrez ~ CSNBayArea.com Robert Guerrero: I want Floyd Mayweather on May 5th By Ryan Burton ~ BoxingScene.com

Melson’s Next Bout Moved to December 17

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For Immediate Release

SHOWTIME NETWORKS NAMES STEPHEN ESPINOZA AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL MANAGER, SHOWTIME SPORTS

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NEW YORK (November 14, 2011) – Showtime Networks Inc. has named Stephen Espinoza as its new Executive Vice President, General Manager, Showtime Sports and Event Programming. The announcement was made today by Matthew C. Blank, Chairman and CEO, Showtime Networks Inc., to whom he will report.

 

“Stephen has had a great career that spans sports, entertainment, television and film,” said Blank. “His deep experience in a variety of fields and incredible knowledge and contacts within the boxing and mixed martial arts communities will be an asset to SHOWTIME^® as we continue to expand our offerings. I am confident that he will be a great leader to our already all-star sports group.”

 

As head of SHOWTIME Sports, Espinoza will be responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of the sports and event group, including developing and executing the overall strategy of the group and its pay-per-view unit, managing the network’s relationships with distributors, talent and suppliers, and the acquisition and licensing of SHOWTIME and pay-per-view sports and event programming. The network’s current hard-hitting sports programming includes SHOWTIME Championship Boxing^®, the Super Six World Boxing Classic, INSIDE NASCAR, ShoBox: The New Generation, the Emmy^® Award-winning INSIDE THE NFL and Strikeforce mixed martial arts.

 

Prior to joining SHOWTIME, Espinoza was a partner in the firm of Ziffren Brittenham LLP. At the firm, he specialized in representing athletes and sports personalities, including professional boxers Oscar De La Hoya and Mike Tyson, who generated a total of over $500 million in pay-per-view revenues under his representation. Espinoza has served as lead counsel for De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions since the formation of the company. Through his representation of Tyson, De La Hoya and Golden Boy Promotions, Espinoza has been directly involved in several of the highest-grossing pay-per-view boxing events in the history of the sport. Other notable former sports clients include former NFL star and current broadcaster Michael Strahan and mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano.

 

During his tenure at Ziffren Brittenham, Espinoza also represented a variety of established and emerging performers and filmmakers, including actors Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Vanessa Hudgens and Kevin McHale, musical artists Alicia Keys, Eminem, Shakira and Snoop Dogg, writer/directors Tyler Perry and Matthew Vaughn, director Barry Sonnenfeld, and producers Scott Rudin and Gavin Polone, among many others.

 

Espinoza has extensive experience in structuring and negotiating distribution, financing, debt and equity arrangements for independent television and motion picture companies. He was personally responsible for closing over $100 million in debt and equity deals from 2009 to 2010. Some of his deals included Tyler Perry Studios in connection with the television series “House of Payne” and “Meet the Browns,” Revolution and Cubevision in connection with the television series “Are We There Yet,” and Everest Entertainment in connection with the motion pictures “127 Hours” and “Win-Win.”

 

He began his legal career in the entertainment department of Greenberg, Glusker, Fields, Claman & Machtinger, where he was directly responsible for many of the firm’s highest-profile accounts, including Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Joel Silver and Playboy TV International. Espinoza previously worked at the Law Offices of Steinberg & Moorad, one of the nation’s preeminent sports law firms.

 

Espinoza earned a B.A. in Communication from Stanford University and received his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. An active community volunteer, he previously served as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Echo Park Boys and Girls Club, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA).

 

He will be based in Showtime Networks’ New York offices.

 

Showtime Networks Inc. (SNI), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME^®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ and FLIX^®, as well as the multiplex channels SHOWTIME 2^™, SHOWTIME^® SHOWCASE, SHOWTIME EXTREME^®, SHOWTIME BEYOND^®, SHOWTIME NEXT^®, SHOWTIME WOMEN^®, SHOWTIME FAMILY ZONE^® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ XTRA. SNI also offers SHOWTIME HD^™, THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ HD, SHOWTIME ON DEMAND^® and THE MOVIE CHANNEL^™ ON DEMAND. SNI also manages Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between SNI and the Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel^™. All SNI feeds provide enhanced sound using Dolby Digital 5.1. SNI markets and distributes sports and entertainment events for exhibition to subscribers on a pay-per-view basis through SHOWTIME PPV^®.

“FEDOR VS. MONSON” PPV FACT SHEET

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WHAT: World Class Mixed Martial Arts Pay-Per-View Event

 

WHO: MAIN EVENT

HEAVYWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

FEDOR “The Last Emperor” EMELIANENKO          JEFF “The Snowman” MONSON

Living Legend                                                                     Submission Wrestling Star

Red Devil Sport Club                                                         America Top Team

Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast, Russia                             Miami, Florida, USA

31-4-0, (3 (T)KOs, 16 Submissions                                 43-12-0, 2 (T)KOs, 27 Submissions

 

M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

CO-FEATURE – 5 X 5

JOSE FIGUEROA                                                              DANIEL WEICHEL

Champion                                                                            Challenger

American Top Team Orlando                                            Team MMA Spirit

Orlando, Florida, USA                                                        Michelstadt, Hesse, Germany

10-4-0, 4 (T)KOs, 5 Submissions                                     27-7-0, 4 KOs, 16 Submissions

 

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

ALEKSANDER YAKOVLEV                                           JUAN MANUEL “Juanma” SUAREZ

                                                                Taz Jinamar

St. Petersburg, Russia                                                       Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

12-3-0, 4 (T)KOs, 7 Submissions                                     8-0-0, 1 (T)KO, 3 Submissions

 

WELTERWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

MAIRBEK “Beckan” TAISUMOV                                  JOSH THORPE

City Thing/GCF Team                                                        Port City MMA

Vienna, Austria                                                                   Mobile, Alabama, USA

15-3-0, 8 (T)KOs, 6 Submissions                                     10-6-0, 3 (T)KOs

 

MIDDLEWEIGHTS – 3 X 5

ARTHUR GUSEINOV                                                      XAVIER “Professor X” FOUPA-POKAM

Action-Force Fight Team                                                  Snake Team

Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia                 Paris, France

9-2-0, (6 (T)KOs, 2 Submissions                                      21-16-0, 11 (T)KOs, 7 Submissions

 

(All fights & fighters subject to change)

 

WHEN:       Sunday, November 20, 2011 – 7:30 AM/ET 4:30 PM/PT

WHERE:     Olympic Arena in Moscow, Russia

 

PROMOTER: M-1 Global

 

PAY-PER-VIEW INFORMATION: Distributed in the United States by Integrated Sports Media for live viewing at 7:30 AM/ET – 4:30 AM/PT on both cable and satellite pay-per-view via iN Demand, DIRECTV, DISH Network and Avail-TVN, for a suggested retail price of only $29.95 — CHECK L;ISTINGS FOR SAME-DAY REPLAYS.

 

PAY-PER-VIEW ANNOUNCERS: Former NFL player and veteran MMA/boxing announcer Benny Ricardo (blow-by-blow) and MMA fighter Jeremy Horn.

 

RING ANNOUNCER: “Classy” Jimmy Lennon, Jr.

 

INFORMATION: Go to www.integratedsportsnet.com or www.M-1Global.com. Follow Integrated Sports Media on Twitter @IntegratedPPV.

 

M-1 Global:Founded in 1998, M-1 Global (www.M-1Global.com) has established itself in the realm of mixed martial arts (MMA) as the premiere entity for discovering and developing the world’s next-generation of superstar fighters. With offices in St. Petersburg, Amsterdam, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and affiliates in Kuala Lumpur, Seoul, Tokyo and Paris, the M-1 brand has staged over 70 events worldwide including the M-1 Selection and M-1 Challenge events and its co-produced Strikeforce events in the United States. Captivating the live, television and broadband audiences with its superior production values and match-ups, M-1 events have boasted some of the sport’s top names including Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Gegard Mousasi, Alistair Overeem, Ben Rothwell, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Stephan Struve and rising stars Shamil Zavurov, Guram Gugenishvili, Alexander Sarnavskiy and Vinny Magalhaes. 2011 marks a breakthrough year with two Selections tournaments across Eastern & Western Europe, North America and Asia and a full calendar of Challenge events fuelled by a talent-rich contention system ranking M-1 Global’s Champions amongst the greatest in the sport.

Full Card Announced for Hitz Boxing ‘Thanksgiving Eve Belvedere Bash’

Posted on | November 14, 2011 | No Comments

The full card has been announced for Hitz Boxing’s triumphant return of the “Thanksgiving Eve Belvedere Bash”, on Wednesday, November 23, at the posh Belvedere Banquet in Elk Grove, Illinois.   In the night’s potentially sensational main event, former world title challenger Johnny Lewus (25-4-1, 21 KOs) will face Saint Paul, Minnesota’s Allen “The American Boy” Litzau (13-6, 7 KOs) in a guaranteed-all-action eight-round lightweight battle.   On the undercard, undefeated Chicago heavyweight Dave Latoria (9-0, 5 KOs) will face Raymundo Lopez (3-4, 1 KO) of Holland, Michigan in a six-rounder; undefeated Chicago super middleweight Mike “Hollywood” Jimenez (4-0, 3 KOs) will go four against James Denson (4-5, 2 KOs) of Akron, Ohio; former UFC fighter and Chicago cruiserweight Terry Martin (4-0, 4 KOs) will look to continue his knockout streak in boxing against Kia Daniels (6-6, 4 KOs) from Louisville, Kentucky; Bruce “The Rage” Rumbolz (22-23-2, 15 KOs) of Sterling, Illinois will take on Chicago’s Gerald Taylor (4-3-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round all-Illinois battle of light heavyweight veterans; and Chicago Golden Gloves Champion and aspiring MMA fighter Erick Correa will make his pro debut against Keon Graham (2-6) of Akron Ohio.   “This is the best ‘guy’s night out’ of the year and we’ve got an all-action card set in a luxurious venue for the fans to enjoy an old-school sophisticated night of great fights,” said Hitz Boxing Founder, Bobby Hitz. “Johnny Lewus and his opponent Allen Litzau are both the type of fighters who throw a lot of punches, so the main event is going to be a war. Plus, we’ve got some very exciting local prospects taking on opponents who come to fight. We’re bringing back the annual Thanksgiving Eve shows in fine fashion with this lineup of fights.”   Tickets for the “Thanksgiving Eve Belvedere Bash” are $100 Ringside and $35 G/A and are available at fanfueled.com or the HITZ TIX HOTLINE: 630-442-4203. All bouts are subject to change. On fight night, doors open at 6:30 pm and the action starts at 7:30.   The Belvedere Banquet is located at 1170 West Devon in Elk Grove.   Visit www.hitzboxing.com for more information.

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