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DALLAS, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- HDNet will take viewers on twelve dangerous and exciting wildlife journeys with AUSTIN STEVENS ADVENTURES. In this series, Austin Stevens' search for the world's most fascinating animals takes him around the globe and through the toughest terrain on the planet. HDNet will begin broadcasting this series on Tuesday, February 2 at 10:00 p.m. ET. In each episode, Stevens searches out the deadliest, most venomous and rarest beasts on earth. Whether he's tracking...
DALLAS, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight on HDNet's "Inside MMA," some of the biggest names in the sport join Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten in the studio, when Tito Ortiz, UFC Ring Announcer Bruce Buffer and WEC General Manager Reed Harris join the panel - Friday, January 8 at 9:00 p.m. ET. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080324/HDNETLOGO) Ortiz speaks about his return to the UFC, as well as his coaching TUF 11 against his nemesis, Chuck Liddell. This panel will also recap the UFC...
NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimbo Slice, the wildly popular mixed martial arts heavyweight and member of the cast of "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights," will fight for the first time in the UFC live on Spike TV Saturday, December 5 at 9:00pm. Slice will appear in a bout on "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights" finale fight card emanating from The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, NV. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060322/NYW096LOGO ) Slice's opponent will...
TEL-AVIV, Israel, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Krav Maga is a self-defense and training program honed by the Israelis from years of conflict. Its moves have been used for fitness by celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, in movies (The Bourne Ultimatum) and in video games (GTA, and recently Splinter Cell, to name a few). Krav Maga can be learned by anyone, quickly and easily. Around 2 years ago, partners Lee Rivnay and Amir Student took Krav Maga training online by launching KravMagaBootCamp.Com....
DALLAS, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- History will be made when the "White Cage" makes its debut on Sunday, October 25 as "HDNet Fights Presents: OLYMPIA DREAM 12" LIVE from Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka, Japan. For the first time, a major Japanese MMA event will take place in the cage as DREAM forsakes its traditional ring for a one-night-only extravaganza! The action airs exclusively throughout North America on HDNet beginning at 2:00 a.m. ET. (Logo:...
MURRIETA, Calif., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ActionView International, Inc. (Pink Sheets: AVEW) and its wholly owned MatchFights, LLC subsidiary today announced changes to the rules governing its mixed martial arts product. To better reflect these rules changes, MatchFights will rebrand its product as "Championship Full Contact" and will showcase its live events broadcast over the Internet from a new website: www.FullContactLive.com. The new website, which will also be the focus of...
Spike TV says 5.3 million viewers watched its U.S. broadcast of the Kimbo Slice-Roy Nelson fight this week. The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights episode aired Wednesday night and was the most-watched episode of an original series in the six-year history of the channel. The program features former UFC light heavyweight champions Suga Rashad Evans and Quinton Rampage Jackson as coaches and is the only installment in the show's history to include only the heavyweight weight class, 206 or more...
NEW YORK, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Spike TV's "The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights" is the undisputed ratings champ on Wednesday nights. The most recent episode of the tenth season of "The Ultimate Fighter" drew 5.3 million viewers, peaking at a staggering 6.1 million viewers on Wednesday, September 30 (10:00pm-11:00pm ET/PT). Featuring a fight between contestants Kimbo Slice and Roy Nelson, the telecast ranks as the most-watched episode of an original series in the six-year history of the...
DALLAS, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Kenny and Bas are joined on set this week with a star-studded panel of fighters, Georges St-Pierre, Dan Henderson, and Brian Bowles. The panel discusses the controversial remarks made by Top Rank, Inc. founder and chairman, Bob Arum about the differences between boxing and MMA. Arum said, "UFC are a bunch of skinhead white guys watching people in the ring who also look like skinhead white guys." (Logo:...
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Cash4Gold (www.cash4gold.com), the world's #1 gold buyer from the general public, today congratulated mixed martial arts champion Randy "The Natural" Couture on his new six-fight deal with the UFC. The company also announced that it is prouder than ever to be sponsoring Couture and his Xtreme Couture G.I. Foundation following his hard-fought battle with Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira at UFC 102 on Saturday in Portland. (Logo:...
