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Cage Wars and FightZone sign TV
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For Immediate Release: Tampa FL 05/06/09
FightZone TV Adds European Flavor By Partnering With Cage Wars
Championship.
FightZone TV, in their third year of nationally broadcasting the
Best of Independent MMA Programming from around the country, will
now have to change that to "Around the World" as Cage Wars
Championship and FightZone TV have linked across the Atlantic to
deliver premium European MMA to the US audience.
“We are delighted to become part of the FightZone Family," said
Patrick Mooney, Creative Operational Officer for CWC.
"FightZone has been building the sport of MMA at a grass roots level
for some time now and all their hard work has moved them into over
20 million US homes multiple times weekly.
This is the first time the CWC brand has given their live event to a
TV network in the USA and we could not be happier.
The CWC brand is now one of the leading native European Cage MMA
events and continues to grow the sport of MMA throughout the UK and
Europe.
Having FightZone as our US partner is the perfect way to continue
our quest to deliver quality European MMA product to the fans in the
US. This is a historical day for European MMA and all the young
talent that has yet to be seen in America. CWC puts the sport first,
and that is why we fit well with FightZone. We look forward to a
long and productive relationship with FightZone TV.”
FightZone TV co-owner, Al Martino states, " We could not be more
excited to bring our MMA fans some of Europe's finest fighters.
Every since my partner, FightZone Co-Owner and Commentator
Extraordinaire, Jay Adams and I started this venture in 2007, we
have been fortunate enough to work with some of the finest regional
MMA promoters in the country and their consistency in always
delivering a superior product is a big part of our success and the
demand for our broadcasts. Adding CWC to our growing family of MMA
partners Library such as RFC, UWC, XFA, WFC, Mainstream. CFC, RCC,
Pure Combat and many others will only strengthen our new goal of
bringing the Best MMA fights and Interviews from around the World to
our audience. Plus we're looking forward to Jay learning another
language - English. Fresh off of the incredible exposure of hosting
3 straight events streamed live on Sherdog to hundreds of thousands
of Internet viewers, he can't wait to work the next live Cage Wars
Event being planned in Spain this summer. "
This year Cage Wars Championship will deliver 5 events from their
live catalog and all the upcoming events for 2009. The first 5
events will feature top European and International talent such as
Sami Schiavo (France), Colin Robinson (Ireland), Jason Jones
(Holland), James Head (USA), Augusto Frota (Brazil), Vincent Latoel
(Holland), Tommi Ninimakki (Finland), Bogdan Cristea (Croatia),
Michael Kita (Poland), Heman Gipson (USA), Paul McVeigh (UK), Peter
Duncan (UK), Colin McKee (N. Ireland), Jimmy Mills (USA), Daniel
Tabera (Spain), Tim Estes (USA), Thomas Ahrens (USA), Danny Ver
Bergen (Holland), Jeff Monson (USA), Dan Severn (USA), JC Pennington
(USA), Arno Rotgans (Holland), Bryan Goldsby (USA), Casimir Bendy
(France), Reuben Vasquez (Spain), Thomas Karlsson (Finland), Ivan
Mussardo (Italy), Cristian Binda (Italy), Marcello Lopez
(Switzerland), Luis Wagner (Brazil), Michael Angelista (Holland),
Moen Takalou (Holland), Sergej Maslobojev (Lithuania), Aurelius
Kerpe (Lithuania), James Orso (USA), Jonatas Novaes (Brazil) and
many others.
To keep up-to-date with CWC visit
www.cagewars.co.uk
Currently airing on FightZone TV in May is Xtreme Fighting
Association from Las Vegas. The XFA is all about exciting, knock
down, knock out fighting and that’s exactly what you’ll see in the
second installment of XFA: Xtreme Fights. Top female fighters like
Amy Davis and Miriam Nakamoto both have tremendously exciting fights
in this show, and Vernon “Tiger” White takes on bare knuckles Muay
Thai champ Anthony “Hitman” Brown during this show. Add in Canadian
sensation Mark Holst and this episode of XFA: Xtreme Fights is
packed with non-stop XFA action. For more info visit
www.xfalive.com
Next up in June will be Cage Wars "Decade."
For Updates, Airing Schedule, List of Available Cities, Commercial
availability or to request a Media Kit, visit
www.FightZone.TV
or email
FightZoneMedia@aol.com or call 727-577-5500.
FightZone TV is now available to over 21 million homes on Fox Sport
Net's (FSN) affiliates SunSports, SportSouth, and nationally on
DIRECTV, The Dish Network and AT&T U-verse, reaching over 20% of US
homes with cable TV up to 6 times weekly including FightZone
Presents and Jay Adam's Brawl Call.
FightZone TV, LLC Al Martino, Co Owner/CEO/Executive Producer Jay
Adams Co Owner/CFO/Executive Producer
FightZone Magazine Nancy Evans, Co Publisher
Michael Martino VP Internet Development Bob Linger, Top Rank
Multimedia - National Sales Rep
www.FightZoneMedia.com PO Box 20044 St. Petersburg, FL 33742
727-577-5500
ABOUT CAGE WARS
Cage Wars Championship - CWC is the brain child of Patrick Mooney
and Chris Kelly from Ireland. Both men have been involved in
promoting nearly 50 MMA events at all levels and are the fathers of
the Cage Fighting scene in the UK. Cage Wars Championship has now
become the number one Cage MMA event in Europe.
Cage Wars is a Mixed Martial Arts promotion that began in 1999 to
promote and teach the sport of MMA. During that time the CWC team
brought the first ever cage event to the UK in 2001 which has lead
to the explosion of MMA promotions in the UK. MMA is now the fastest
growing sport on the planet today.
The first event took place in the Guild Hall in Portsmouth, England
and was soon followed by the first ever London event which was a
sell out. Ireland, Scotland and Belfast followed over the years and
last year two events were held at the world famous Kings Hall, which
once again were a phenomenal success.
Cage Wars is one of the largest and longest running UK MMA events
company and has hosted or introduced many of the biggest MMA stars
including Seth Petruzelli, Shonie Carter, Jess Liaudin, Brian
Gassaway, Sami Schiavo, Dan Severn, Joachim Hansen and Jeff Monson
to name but a few.
The Cage Wars team have been involved in over 50 MMA events in the
last ten years. They also produced the first ever MMA documentary
“Underdogs” with LA film director Bobby Razak; the film featured UK
fighters preparing to travel to the US and fight for the first time.
The DVD was released globally and was heralded as the quintessential
MMA documentary.
The Cage Wars team produced the first ever UK MMA publication to
demonstrate that there was a market for a publication dedicated to
the sport of MMA. Today there are several monthly MMA magazines.
At the end of 2008 the Cage Wars team produced the first ever MMA
lifestyle social network at www.thefightfactory.eu and in a few
short months the site has become hugely popular.
Currently the CW team are in pre-production for the first ever MMA
lifestyle magazine TV show as well as producing Internet TV shows
for several websites - FIGHT FACTORY TV and FF MMA NEWS.
The Cage Wars team have had a massive influence on the sport of MMA
in the UK and Ireland and will continue to develop live events and
TV projects throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe in the near
future.
Upcoming events this year will be held in the UK, Spain and Ireland
and later in the year CWC will introduce “Saturday Night Fights
Live” which is a smaller show for all the young contenders across
Europe to compete at a higher level. |
