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UFC INKS DEAL WITH FOX
SPORTS LATIN AMERICA
 (PRESS
RELEASE) -- Ultimate Fighting Championship® fans in South America
now have the opportunity to watch all the action in the Octagon™
live en Espanol, including the upcoming UFC® 119: MIR vs. CRO COP on
Saturday, September 25th, as part of a new television deal inked
with Fox Sports Latin America, the most widely distributed
Spanish-language pay television sports network in the world.
“South America is a huge market for the UFC,” said Dana White, UFC
President. “We look forward to working with Fox Sports Latin America
to bring UFC events to fight fans all across the region.”
In addition to airing live UFC Pay-Per-View events, Fox Sports will
also feature UFC Guerreros, a Spanish-language compilation show
featuring fight highlights, as well as UFC Countdown, a program that
showcases featured bouts while telling fighter back stories. UFC
Countdown runs the week leading up to a major UFC event.
Fox Sports Latin America is a cable television network dedicated to
broadcasting sports programming 24 hours a day, reaching Argentina,
Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru Paraguay, Bolivia and
Urugay.
For more information, or current UFC fight news, visit UFC.com. All
bouts live and subject to change.
Ultimate Fighting Championship® - www.ufc.com
Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, and headquartered in Las Vegas,
Nev., UFC® produces over twelve UFC live Pay-Per-View events
annually and 30 live arena events around the world. UFC programming
is distributed in the United States on Viacom, Inc.’s Spike TV and
on Comcast, Inc.’s Versus network. UFC content is distributed
commercially through Joe Hand Promotions in the U.S. and Canadastar
in Canada. Globally, UFC programming is broadcast in over 147
countries and territories, reaching 430 million homes worldwide, in
19 different languages. Ancillary businesses now include UFC.com
with over 5 million unique visitors per month, the best-selling UFC
“Undisputed” videogame franchise distributed by THQ, UFC Gym™, UFC
Fight Club affinity program, UFC Fan Expo™ festivals, branded
apparel, trading cards, articulated action figures and other media
including best-selling DVDs and a U.S. bimonthly magazine.
Ultimate Fighting Championship®, Ultimate Fighting®, UFC®, The
Ultimate Fighter®, Submission®, As Real As It Gets®, Zuffa®, The
Octagon™ and the eight-sided competition mat and cage design are
registered trademarks, registered service marks, trademarks, trade
dress and/or service marks owned exclusively by Zuffa, LLC and
licensed to its affiliated entities and other licensees in the
United States and other jurisdictions. All other marks referenced
herein may be the property of Zuffa, LLC, its affiliates or other
respective owners.
FOX Sports Latin America - www.foxsportsla.com
FOX Sports Latin America, the most widely distributed
Spanish-language pay television sports network in the world, and FOX
Sports World Espanol, the only 24-hour Spanish-language sports
network in the United States, are affiliated with FOX Sports
International, a venture between News Corporation Ltd. and Liberty
Media Corp. Additional information about FOX Sports Latin America
programming can be obtained by visiting its Web site at
www.foxsportsla.com. Go online with Fox Sports World Espanol at
www.fswe.com.
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