Monthly PRIDE Fighting Program
To Debut on Fox Sports Net
New Series Debuts
Sunday, Aug. 21st at 9:00 PM Local
Los Angeles –
Dream Stage Entertainment is proud to announce a television partnership with
Fox Sports Net (FSN).
Beginning on August 21st
at 9:00 PM Local, FSN will debut a monthly one-hour program featuring some of
the most exciting bouts
in the history of the PRIDE Fighting Championships.
“PRIDE Championship
fighters are without a doubt the most feared and skilled fighters in the mixed
martial
arts world,” said
George Greenberg, Executive Vice-President of Programming and Production
at FSN.
“We are thrilled to
bring PRIDE to U.S. cable television for the first time ever exclusively on
FSN.”
Each of the twelve
episodes will showcase various fighters from PRIDE’s lightweight, middleweight
and
heavyweight classes. The
debut program on August 21st will feature several of the most memorable
matches
in PRIDE’s history
including Quinton “Rampage” Jackson versus current UFC
light-heavyweight champion
Chuck “The
Iceman” Liddell, reigning PRIDE heavyweight champion Fedor
Emelianenko versus Gary
“Big Daddy”
Goodridge, Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic versus Igor
Vovchanchyn, and reigning PRIDE
middleweight champion
Wanderlei Silva versus Quinton Jackson.
“We’re extremely excited
that FSN will be featuring PRIDE in the United States, “ said Yukino Kanda,
Executive Vice President
of Dream Stage Entertainment. “We have a loyal following of fans in the U.S.
who
have been with us from
the beginning … this deal will expose prospective fans in the mainstream to
the
intensity and excitement
of PRIDE Fighting.”
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FSN reaches more than 81 million homes through its network of 20 regional
sports channels. FSN, based in
Los Angeles, serves as
the cable TV home to 62 of the 82 MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United
States, and produces
over 4,500 live events each year. In addition to home team games, FSN
telecasts a
wide variety of national
sports events and programming, including Best Damn Sports Show Period and
Beyond the Glory. For
the latest up-to-the-minute sports news and opinions, visit the FOX Sports/FSN
website at
www.FoxSports.com.
For more information on PRIDE FC,
visit
pridefc.com!
- From
Dream Stage Entertainment (with a little editing from us - highlights, etc...)
(7/26/05)
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