Tiger Gate Entertainment is thrilled to announce today that its Pay-TV channel KIX will be broadcasting LIVE the highly anticipated STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs WERDUM Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament exclusively in Asia. This will be the first ever Strikeforce LIVE broadcast event in Asia and the first of many from KIX – The Ultimate Action Channel and the Asian Home of MMA.
STRIKEFORCE®: OVEREEM vs. WERDUM will air LIVE and exclusively on KIX at 7:30am (Hong Kong / Singapore / Philippines), 6:30am (Jakarta) on Sunday 19th June. The entertainment will be repeated twice on KIX the same day at 3:00pm and 8:00pm (Hong Kong/Singapore); 2:00pm and 7:00pm (Jakarta).
Four of the sport’s most talented MMA heavyweights are set to collide when STRIKEFORCE® heads to American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday, 18th June for the quarterfinals of its Grand Prix Heavyweight Tournament.
STRIKEFORCE heavyweight champion Alistair “The Demolition Man” Overeem (34-11, 1 NC) squares off against Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Fabricio Werdum (14-4-1) in the highly-anticipated main event, while former UFC heavyweight champion Josh Barnett (29-5) will battle heavy-handed knockout artist Brett “The Grim” Rogers (11-2).
Two additional, non-tournament heavyweight clashes are also scheduled for the card, as former U.S. Olympic wrestler Daniel Cormier (7-0) will face MMA veteran Jeff Monson (42-11) and Valentijn Overeem (29-25), the elder brother of Alistair, will take on streaking Chad Griggs (10-1).
“Tiger Gate is delighted that KIX is the first television channel in Asia to bring the excitement of Strikeforce fight events live directly from the US,” Tiger Gate’s CEO William Pfeiffer said. “Mixed Martial Arts is the world’s fastest-growing sport. This STRIKEFORCE event will be the first of many live events of this adrenaline-pumping sport that KIX will bring to Asia’s MMA fans.“
KIX is a 24-hour channel featuring the best in action entertainment, tailor-made for Asian audiences. KIX’s unique programming mix includes both Asian and international movies, TV series, anime, extreme sports, and documentaries. KIX is also the home of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) featuring the most comprehensive lists of championships from around the world exclusively, including STRIKEFORCE, K-1, M1-GLOBAL, Pride Fight Championships, DREAM, It’s Showtime, Bellator and Hong Kong’s very own Legend Fight Championships.
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