PHYSIQUE TV BRINGS THE EXCLUSIVE LIVE TELECAST OF MMA ‘ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY’
Dec 3, 2014 Comments
(PRESS RELEASE) -- Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Physique TV, the
region’s first and only 24 hour HD television channel dedicated to
fitness, healthy living, MMA and extreme sports, is bringing
another action-packed MMA fight card on 5thDecember with ONE
Fighting Championship™ (ONE FC) ‘WARRIOR’S WAY’. The highly
anticipated LIVE event will be available to TV audiences in the
Middle East and North Africa region exclusively on Physique TV with
Arabic commentary.
Peter Einstein, Physique TV General Manager shares his comments on the upcoming Manila event: “Our previous broadcast of ONE FC has been successful as we covered the live events held in Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Our team is fully prepared to deliver yet another electrifying live ONE FC event from Manila to all MMA fans in the MENA region.”
ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY includes 10 intense fights with the main
event featuring the Bantamweight World Championship between
Dae
Hwan Kim and Bibiano
Fernandes. Top bantamweights Koetsu
Okazaki and Kevin
Belingon will battle while former ONE FC Featherweight
Champion, Honorio
Banario returns to the ONE FC cage to face Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
specialist, Herbert
Burns. Light Heavyweight contenders, Roger
Gracie and James
McSweeney will also battle it out in Manila while light
heavyweight standout Jake Butler
seeks redemption against Sylvain
Potard in a rematch. Scheduled on Friday, 5th December, the
LIVE broadcast of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) event ‘ONE FC: WARRIOR’s
WAY’ will air at 2 PM KSA on Physique TV.
CEO of ONE Fighting Championship™, Victor Cui, stated, “ONE Fighting Championship is set to end the year with a blast by making ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY the biggest and most exciting MMA event of 2014! We have added some truly massive fights on the already astounding fight card. Fans can definitely expect an unforgettable night of world class and adrenaline-pumping mixed martial arts action!”
ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY
FIGHT CARD HIGHLIGHTS
Main Event Bantamweight World Championship: Dae Hwan Kim vs Bibiano Fernandes Bibiano Fernandes is one of the most decorated MMA in the world today. He is the reigning ONE FC Bantamweight World Champion and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt with multiple world Jiu-Jitsu tournament wins. He is currently on an eight fight winning streak and is unbeaten inside the ONE FC cage. Dae Hwan currently holds an unblemished record of 10 wins with no losses, with five of his wins coming by submission. The agile and crafty Kim defeated highly-touted Filipino contender Kevin Belingon in his last appearance inside the ONE FC cage to earn the opportunity to face the ONE FC Bantamweight World Champion, Bibiano Fernandes.
Heavyweight: Igor Subora vs Brandon Vera
New ONE FC acquisition Brandon Vera will make his promotional debut and promises to wow fans in Manila as he competes in the Philippines for the first time in his career. Vera is an American mixed martial arts superstar with Filipino ancestry. He has an impressive mixed martial arts record of 12 wins and 7 losses. Vera has faced some of the top light heavyweights and heavyweights in the world. Former URCC heavyweight champion Igor Subora is currently riding a five fight win streak, with all of his wins coming by either submission or TKO/KO. He is trained in Sambo and aims to demonstrate his elite grappling skills when he steps into the cage against Brandon Vera.
Bantamweight: Koetsu Okazaki vs Kevin Belingon
Koetsu Okazaki worked his way up the ranks of Shooto by dominating all opposition and earned the Shooto World Championship belt as a featherweight. Okazaki will be battling Kevin Belingon to move up the ranks and work his way to another shot at the Bantamweight title. Kevin Belingon is one of the best bantamweights to hail from the Philippines, renowned for his striking ability while possessing incredible speed and power.
Featherweight: Honorio Banario vs Herbert Burns
Known for his aggressive yet calculated approach to striking, Honorio Banario will need to overcome the toughest challenge of his career against Brazilian featherweight standout Herbert Burns before he can consider himself back in the running for the ONE FC Featherweight world title. Herbert Burns is one of the top Featherweight prospects in ONE FC with a penchant for locking in fight-ending submissions.
Light Heavyweight: Roger Gracie vs James McSweeney
Newly signed Roger Gracie will make his debut at ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY against light heavyweight contender, James McSweeney. Roger is one of the greatest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners of all time and is part of the world famous Gracie fighting family, the originators of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Challenging Roger Gracie in this exciting heavyweight bout is British fighter, James McSweeney, who is coming off a series of wins since his debut in ONE FC.
Light Heavyweight Rematch: Jake Butler vs Sylvain Potard
Since transitioning into mixed martial arts, former collegiate wrestling standout Jake Butler has amassed four victories with only one defeat and has exhibited some of the finest wrestling skills seen in professional mixed martial arts competition. French fighter, Sylvain Potard has a record of 7-4, with one of those victories being a memorable one-punch knockout of Jake Butler at ONE FC: TOTAL DOMINATION. In a highly-anticipated rematch, Potard will enter the ONE FC cage to claim his second win against Butler.
For more updates on ONE Fighting ChampionshipTM, please visit www.physique-tv.com/en/shows/one-fc.html. Watch it LIVE throughout the Middle East and North Africa on Arabsat via My-HD platform and IPTV distribution including Intigral in Saudi Arabia, Du and Elife in the UAE and Ooredoo in Qatar.
Physique TV’s panel of MMA experts give their insights and predictions in a pre-fight show introducing the fighters and exciting MMA fans. The LIVE broadcast features Arabic commentary as well as fighter interviews between each match. After this, highlights of the fights will be analyzed on Physique TV’s Arabic language program MMA ALL OUT which airs Sunday to Thursday at 10:30 PM KSA.
About Physique TV
Physique TV is the first Arabic and English TV channel devoted to fitness, healthy living, MMA and extreme sports. Launched in December 2013, and broadcasting in HD 24/7, Physique TV’s unique programming makes a healthy lifestyle a fun lifestyle. The channel offers a dynamic mix of local productions and high quality Arabic dubbed or subtitled international programs. Physique TV is designed to inspire more people to adopt a healthier and more active lifestyle. www.physique-tv.com About ONE FC
With a 90%+ market share in Asia, ONE Fighting Championship is Asia’s largest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization. Headquartered in Singapore, the world’s most exciting mixed martial arts organization hosts the best Asian mixed martial artists and world champions, all signed to exclusive contracts, on the largest media broadcast in Asia. ONE Fighting Championship™ has partnered with Physique TV to broadcast all events LIVE and exclusive to the entire MENA region. www.onefc.com
Peter Einstein, Physique TV General Manager shares his comments on the upcoming Manila event: “Our previous broadcast of ONE FC has been successful as we covered the live events held in Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. Our team is fully prepared to deliver yet another electrifying live ONE FC event from Manila to all MMA fans in the MENA region.”
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CEO of ONE Fighting Championship™, Victor Cui, stated, “ONE Fighting Championship is set to end the year with a blast by making ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY the biggest and most exciting MMA event of 2014! We have added some truly massive fights on the already astounding fight card. Fans can definitely expect an unforgettable night of world class and adrenaline-pumping mixed martial arts action!”
Physique TV’s MMA analysts Rio Altaie and Ali Mokdad
will be cage side at the Mall of Asia Arena, Manila, Philippines to
deliver a blow-by-blow account of the action.
ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY
FIGHT CARD HIGHLIGHTS
Main Event Bantamweight World Championship: Dae Hwan Kim vs Bibiano Fernandes Bibiano Fernandes is one of the most decorated MMA in the world today. He is the reigning ONE FC Bantamweight World Champion and a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt with multiple world Jiu-Jitsu tournament wins. He is currently on an eight fight winning streak and is unbeaten inside the ONE FC cage. Dae Hwan currently holds an unblemished record of 10 wins with no losses, with five of his wins coming by submission. The agile and crafty Kim defeated highly-touted Filipino contender Kevin Belingon in his last appearance inside the ONE FC cage to earn the opportunity to face the ONE FC Bantamweight World Champion, Bibiano Fernandes.
Heavyweight: Igor Subora vs Brandon Vera
New ONE FC acquisition Brandon Vera will make his promotional debut and promises to wow fans in Manila as he competes in the Philippines for the first time in his career. Vera is an American mixed martial arts superstar with Filipino ancestry. He has an impressive mixed martial arts record of 12 wins and 7 losses. Vera has faced some of the top light heavyweights and heavyweights in the world. Former URCC heavyweight champion Igor Subora is currently riding a five fight win streak, with all of his wins coming by either submission or TKO/KO. He is trained in Sambo and aims to demonstrate his elite grappling skills when he steps into the cage against Brandon Vera.
Bantamweight: Koetsu Okazaki vs Kevin Belingon
Koetsu Okazaki worked his way up the ranks of Shooto by dominating all opposition and earned the Shooto World Championship belt as a featherweight. Okazaki will be battling Kevin Belingon to move up the ranks and work his way to another shot at the Bantamweight title. Kevin Belingon is one of the best bantamweights to hail from the Philippines, renowned for his striking ability while possessing incredible speed and power.
Featherweight: Honorio Banario vs Herbert Burns
Known for his aggressive yet calculated approach to striking, Honorio Banario will need to overcome the toughest challenge of his career against Brazilian featherweight standout Herbert Burns before he can consider himself back in the running for the ONE FC Featherweight world title. Herbert Burns is one of the top Featherweight prospects in ONE FC with a penchant for locking in fight-ending submissions.
Light Heavyweight: Roger Gracie vs James McSweeney
Newly signed Roger Gracie will make his debut at ONE FC: WARRIOR’S WAY against light heavyweight contender, James McSweeney. Roger is one of the greatest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioners of all time and is part of the world famous Gracie fighting family, the originators of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Challenging Roger Gracie in this exciting heavyweight bout is British fighter, James McSweeney, who is coming off a series of wins since his debut in ONE FC.
Light Heavyweight Rematch: Jake Butler vs Sylvain Potard
Since transitioning into mixed martial arts, former collegiate wrestling standout Jake Butler has amassed four victories with only one defeat and has exhibited some of the finest wrestling skills seen in professional mixed martial arts competition. French fighter, Sylvain Potard has a record of 7-4, with one of those victories being a memorable one-punch knockout of Jake Butler at ONE FC: TOTAL DOMINATION. In a highly-anticipated rematch, Potard will enter the ONE FC cage to claim his second win against Butler.
For more updates on ONE Fighting ChampionshipTM, please visit www.physique-tv.com/en/shows/one-fc.html. Watch it LIVE throughout the Middle East and North Africa on Arabsat via My-HD platform and IPTV distribution including Intigral in Saudi Arabia, Du and Elife in the UAE and Ooredoo in Qatar.
Physique TV’s panel of MMA experts give their insights and predictions in a pre-fight show introducing the fighters and exciting MMA fans. The LIVE broadcast features Arabic commentary as well as fighter interviews between each match. After this, highlights of the fights will be analyzed on Physique TV’s Arabic language program MMA ALL OUT which airs Sunday to Thursday at 10:30 PM KSA.
About Physique TV
Physique TV is the first Arabic and English TV channel devoted to fitness, healthy living, MMA and extreme sports. Launched in December 2013, and broadcasting in HD 24/7, Physique TV’s unique programming makes a healthy lifestyle a fun lifestyle. The channel offers a dynamic mix of local productions and high quality Arabic dubbed or subtitled international programs. Physique TV is designed to inspire more people to adopt a healthier and more active lifestyle. www.physique-tv.com About ONE FC
With a 90%+ market share in Asia, ONE Fighting Championship is Asia’s largest Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organization. Headquartered in Singapore, the world’s most exciting mixed martial arts organization hosts the best Asian mixed martial artists and world champions, all signed to exclusive contracts, on the largest media broadcast in Asia. ONE Fighting Championship™ has partnered with Physique TV to broadcast all events LIVE and exclusive to the entire MENA region. www.onefc.com
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