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  - HDNET ANNOUNCES STRIKEFORCE PARTNERSHIP
Thursday, February 07, 2008 - by Ken Pishna - MMAWeekly.com
HDNet on Thursday announced that it is partnering with Strikeforce to present four mixed martial arts events in 2008. The first of which, “Strikeforce at The Dome,” is scheduled to take place live from the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash. on Feb. 23. The live coverage is exclusive to HDNet.
"This announcement reinforces our commitment to deliver a minimum of 24 events in 2008,” said Andrew Simon, CEO of HDNet Fights.
The announcement adds not only to HDNet’s mixed martial arts offerings, which was recently supplemented by Canada’s Maximum Fighting Championship, but also increases the broadcast reach of Strikeforce. The California-based promotion already had a television partnership for a specified number of events with EliteXC and Showtime, events headlined by Frank Shamrock, but was obviously not exclusive to all of Strikeforce’s offerings.
The event on Feb. 23 is scheduled to feature a main event bout between Pride veteran Bob Sapp and K-1 veteran Jan Nortje, as well as former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight titleholder Maurice Smith in his return to face multiple-time world kickboxing champion Rick Rufus, who will be making his professional MMA debut.
HDNet now counts among its partners not only Strikeforce and MFC, but also Sportfight (founded by Matt Lindland and Randy Couture), M-1 Global (which counts Fedor Emelianenko as one of its premier fighters), the International Fight League, Ring of Combat and others. Business mogul Mark Cuban launched the company in 2001, adding HDNet Fights in 2007.
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