Fuel TV Celebrates Brazil's UFC Legacy - Update
 By Media Report (August 21, 2012) Doghouse Boxing
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FUEL TV CELEBRATES BRAZIL’S UFC LEGACY
Network Features Top Brazilian UFC Fighters, Plus The Ultimate Fighter Brazil® Finale in Special Theme Week Beginning Aug. 27
Tweet This: Watch #BrazilWeek on @fueltv beginning Aug 27 + marathon of #TUFBrazil and @UFC 147 on Sept. 2 – bit.ly
to come…
LOS ANGELES - Brazil and the Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC®) go
hand-in-hand, from Brazilian Royce Gracie winning the first-ever UFC
tournament to the present day where Brazilians hold three of the seven
World Championship belts. FUEL TV celebrates the
South American country’s place in the UFC with Brazil Week beginning
Monday, August 27 and ending with an all-day marathon of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil on Sunday, September 2 that culminates with the season finale at 10:00 PM ET.
Each
day throughout Brazil Week, FUEL TV hosts Brazilian themed interstitials
and classic UFC bouts with the country’s fighters such as Middleweight
Champion
Anderson Silva, Heavyweight Champion Junior dos Santos, and
Featherweight Champion Jose Aldo. In addition, FUEL TV airs a number of
original spots highlighting Brazilian legends and champions including
Royce Gracie, Vitor Belfort, Wanderlei Silva, dos Santos
and Anderson Silva.
“This is an exciting theme week for FUEL TV with so much Brazilian heritage and legacy throughout the UFC,” says Mike Feller, Vice President of Programming, FUEL TV.
“We’re excited to feature these legends of the sport and highlight some
of the greatest fighters to ever enter the octagon. This is just the
first of many great theme weeks to come from our network,
where we hope to offer viewers a fresh look at many different topics
around the UFC.”
During
the week, look for specific UFC Reloaded, UFC Unleashed and Best of
Pride Fighting Championships episodes featuring top Brazilian fighters.
In addition,
FUEL TV premieres UFC Reloaded - UFC 147: SILVA vs. FRANKLIN II on Sunday, Sept. 2 (11:00 PM ET), featuring the UFC’s last venture to Brazil where Wanderlei Silva and former middleweight
champion Rich Franklin faced off for the second time, as Silva sought
to settle the score after his searing defeat in their first encounter at
UFC 99.
FUEL TV’s extensive UFC coverage continues in the coming weeks with the live Weigh-in and Postfight shows for UFC 151: JONES VS. HENDERSON on Saturday, September 1; the live Weigh-in and Postfight shows for UFC 152: BENAVIDAZ VS. JOHNSON on Saturday, September 22; and the Weigh-in, Prefight, Fight Night, and Postfight shows for UFC ON FUEL TV: STRUVE VS. MIOCIC on September 29.
In
this year, FUEL TV offers more UFC programming than any network,
including live fights, weigh-ins, preliminary bouts, and pre- and
postfight shows, and significant
shoulder programming.
For more information and photos please visit www.fuel.tv/ufc and www.foxflash.com. For a complete listing of FUEL TV shows, go to: http://www.fuel.tv/schedule/.
To find out FUEL TV on your television, go to www.fuel.tv/getfueltv, or call 877-4 FUEL-TV.
FUEL TV
FUEL TV
is the only cable and satellite television network that features the
exciting world of adrenaline and thrill-seeking sports as well as high
energy entertainment
programming. This includes UFC, surfing, motocross, BMX and more. With
more hours of UFC coverage than any other network, FUEL TV is the
ultimate destination for live fights, weigh-ins, prelims, pre- and
postfight coverage, results and more. This new generation
of sports provides a rich landscape of some of the most vibrant and
action-packed television entertainment in the world. See why adrenaline
sports fans call FUEL TV the channel they never turn off. FUEL TV, part
of FOX Sports Media Group, was launched July
1, 2003 and is seen in more than 36 million U.S. homes and can be
accessed by broadband, mobile devices and other digital platforms such
as iTunes®. FUEL TV programming is available in more than 50 countries
around the world with 24/7 channels operating in
Australia and Europe. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4 FUEL-TV. For
program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.
FOX Sports Media Group
FOX
Sports Media Group (FSMG) is the umbrella entity representing News
Corporation’s wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built
with brands capable
of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FSMG
includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital
and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites,
joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships. FSMG
includes FOX Sports, the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting
Company; Fox’s 20 regional sports networks, their affiliated regional
web sites and FSN national programming; SPEED and SPEED2; FOX Soccer,
FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go; FUEL TV;
FOX Deportes and FOX College Sports. In addition, FSMG also encompasses
FOX Sports Interactive Media, which includes FOXSports.com on MSN,
Whatifsports.com Scout.com and Yardbarker.com. Also included in the
Group are Fox’s interests in joint-venture businesses
Big Ten Network, BTN 2Go and STATS, LLC, as well as licensing
agreements that establish the FOX Sports Radio Network and FOX Sports
Skybox restaurants.
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