(PRESS RELEASE) -- HOBOKEN, NJ (September 24, 2013) - Fight Now! TV, America's 24/7 combat sports cable channel, is now THE exclusive home of SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship in the United States. SUPERKOMBAT is currently a European leader in fight TV production, featuring world-class kickboxing.
The newly founded international media partnership kicks-off this Thursday and Friday, September 26 and 27, with two days of recent SUPERKOMBAT events airing on Fight Now! TV's Every Night a Different Fight timeslot.
The exciting action culminates in the promotion's live U.S. debut this Saturday afternoon (Sept. 28) with SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix, LIVE starting at 3 p.m. ET from Botosani, Romania.
"This is a great way to introduce combat sports fans to the talent and quality of events SUPERKOMBAT has to offer," said Brad Sanguin Programming & Production manager for Fight Now! TV.
"Fight Now! TV believes in ambitious projects, so we decided to make this deal a media partnership," SUPERKOMBAT President Eduard Irimia added. "We're hopeful that this may be the beginning of a long term relationship. We are proud to air the first event broadcasted live in the USA - SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix. I am confident that this project will have only positive effects for both brands."
A heavyweight Superfight is set for the main event as Benjamin "Mr. Gentleman" Adegbuyi takes onwith Reamon Welboren, highlighting an eight-fight card also featuring a four-man heavyweight tournament. The winner will land a spot in the SUPERKOMBAT Final Elimination event on November 9.
American LeRoy Johnson will be featured in the single-night tournament, as well as Giannis Stoforidis, Gaetan Sautron and D'Angelo Marshall. SUPERKOMBAT stars Andrei "Mr. KO" Stoica, Dzenan Poturak and Ionut "Pitbull" Atodiresei are also slated to fight on the Sept. 28 kickboxing event.
About SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship: SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship is a combat show with fights in various weight divisions, including an eliminatory tournament in the heavyweight division. All events are based on martial arts bouts of stand-up rules between fighters from all around the world, coming from different fight disciplines as boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, judo, karate, Muay Thai or wrestling.
About FIGHT NOW TV: Founded by Channel Zero, Inc., a large broadcasting and media conglomerate,FIGHT NOW! TV is the first 24/7 combat sports
cable channel in America.
FIGHT NOW TV caters to fight fans of every genre, providing them with compelling coverage of MMA, boxing, wrestling/grappling, Muay Thai, kickboxing and other combat sports.
FIGHT NOW is the place for the best analysis, live and current events, exclusive interviews and news coverage of the biggest PPV events and world-class match-ups. It's ON!
For more information about FIGHT NOW TV, go online at www.fightnow.com, or follow on Twitter@fightnowtv and facebook.com/fightnowtv.
Visit www.superkombat.com for additional information about SUPERKOMBAT.