FEG USA and HDNet to bring North American fans LIVE coverage from the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan - Saturday, December 6 at 12:00 a.m. PT DALLAS, Dec. 3
DALLAS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ --
WHAT: The largest martial arts event in the world -- FiELDS K-1 WGP 2008
Final taking place at the Yokohama Arena in Tokyo, Japan -- will be broadcast
live on HDNet to MMA fans in North America.
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Joining the broadcast team of Michael "The Voice" Schiavello, four time
K-1 WGP Champion Ernesto Hoost and FEG USA's Mike Kogan will be none other
than Kevin "Kimbo Slice" Ferguson. Kimbo was invited by FEG and HDNet to be a
guest commentator for K-1's US debut.
FiELDS K-1 WGP 2008 Final, an 8-man knockout tournament for the coveted
K-1 Grand Prix crown, features the world's best heavyweight strikers including
Moroccan/Dutch Bad Boy Badr Hari; legendary triple K-1 World Champion Peter
Aerts; French monster Jerome LeBanner; Russian wonder Ruslan Karaev; and
two-time former champion Remy Bonjasky.
The broadcast also includes super fights featuring New Zealand's "Sugar"
Ray Sefo vs. seven-foot-plus giant Hong Mann Choi; and Australia's Paul
Slowinski vs. Dutch demon Melvin Maenhoff.
For complete card and bout order visit:
http://www.k-1.co.jp/k-1gp/btop.htm
WHEN: HDNet's coverage kicks off December 6 at 12:00 a.m. PT with an
encore presentation later that evening at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
About K-1:
K-1 is a combat sport that combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai,
Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San shou, Kickboxing, traditional Boxing, and other
martial arts to determine the single best stand-up fighter in the world (the
"1").
The K-1 organization's governing body is Fighting and Entertainment Group
(FEG) headed by CEO, Sadaharu Tanikawa. FEG organizes a variety of fightsport
events in Japan and around the world; including K-1's sister mixed martial
arts promotion, DREAM. There are K-1 Regional Elimination Tournaments which
qualify fighters for the K-1 World Grand Prix, along with licensed K-1
Fighting Network events designed to develop new talent internationally and
there is also a 70.5kg (155lb) Super Middleweight division called K-1 MAX
("Middleweight Artistic Xtreme"). In 2007, K-1 introduced two new Title belts
separate from K-1 World GP Champions, Super Heavyweight World Title for
fighters over 100kg/220lbs and Heavyweight World Title for fighters under
100kg/156-220lbs.
About HDNet
HDNet (http://www.hd.net) provides viewers with the best in original
comedy, drama, news, sports and music programming.
HDNet is your exclusive, high definition home for popular, critically
acclaimed original programming, including television's only HD news feature
programs "HDNet World Report," the Emmy Award winning "Dan Rather Reports,"
featuring legendary journalist Dan Rather and "NASA on HDNet" (presenting live
shuttle launches through 2010). HDNet presents championship sports coverage
featuring Major League Soccer, the NASCAR Camping World Series, NASCAR Sprint
Cup re-broadcasts, and premiere Mixed Martial Arts from "HDNet Fights;"
behind-the-scenes sports news with "Inside MMA;" groundbreaking music
programming with the HDNet Concert Series featuring leading artists and bands
including Coldplay, Gwen Stefani, John Mayer and more; and entertaining and
irreverent lifestyle programming including "Deadline!," "Art Mann Presents,"
and "Get Out!" HDNet is also the exclusive high definition home to critically
acclaimed and award winning programs such as the Emmy Award winning "Arrested
Development," "The Black Donnellys," "Dead Like Me," "Smallville" and the hit
series "Torchwood."
Launched in 2001 by Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin, the
HDNet networks are available on AT&T, Bright House Networks, Charter
Communications, Comcast, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Mediacom, Time Warner
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information visit http://www.hd.net.
SOURCE HDNet
