SAN JOSE, Calif. —World championship mixed martial arts (MMA) federation,
Strikeforce, has partnered with one of Canada’s top national sports
television
networks, The Score, to deliver live programming, beginning with the
league’s
star-studded affair at the world-famous Playboy Mansion.
The Score’s live telecast of “Strikeforce At The Mansion II” will
begin at
10:30 pm ET on Saturday, September 20th. The Score will also carry weekly
Strikeforce programming, which will premiere on Saturday, September 6th.
“We are excited about the opportunity to bring the Strikeforce MMA product
to fans in Canada,” said Strikeforce Founder and CEO, Scott Coker. “The
Score has a reputation for being an exceptional sports television
platform and we
are proud to join their family of programming.”
“The Score looks forward to bringing an awesome line up of Strikeforce MMA
programming to viewers across the country and as we go from live
broadcasting
of our studio launch party on September 20th to “Strikeforce At The
Mansion
II,” we know we’ll be giving our fans a broadcast line-up they
can’t resist,”
said John Levy, Chairman and CEO, Score Media Inc.
Each episode in the weekly series will consist of Strikeforce bouts as well
as fighter profiles and highlights.
About Strikeforce:
Strikeforce is a world-class mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which,
on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with its “Shamrock vs. Gracie”
event, the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight card in California
state
history. The star-studded extravaganza, which pitted legendary champion
Frank
Shamrock against Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt Cesar Gracie at San
Jose’s HP
Pavilion, played host to a sold-out, record crowd of 18,265. Since 1995,
Strikeforce has been the exclusive provider of martial arts programming
for ESPN
and, after 12 years of success as a leading, world championship kickboxing
promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial arts series with
“Shamrock
vs. Gracie.” Since then, it has co-produced the first SHOWTIME PPV mixed
martial arts event in history with its world championship “Shamrock vs.
Baroni”
card on June 22, 2007, followed by the first-ever mixed martial arts
event at
the world-famous Playboy Mansion on September 29, 2007.