MFC Inks Deal With The Fight Network

Maximum Fighting Championship (MFC), a mixed martial arts based out of Canada, issued a press release today summarizing the consummation of a deal with The Fight Network to air MFC programming. The deal includes the broadcast of eight previously unaired MFC cards as well as the next three MFC events, including coverage of the weigh-ins beginning with MFC 17: Hostile Takeover on July 25th at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton.

This distribution deal along with MFC's contract with HDNet provides a strong television base for the promotion and moves them to the forefront of the Canadian MMA scene. With the recent dissolution of Hardcore Championship Fighting, there are few competitors for the MFC on a national level, with Stephane Patry's TKO promotion out of Montreal being the only other major player of note.

The MFC is another promotion that seeks to rise above a local promotion status to that of a regional power. Strikeforce is an example of one such promotion that made the leap, with others like Adrenaline MMA looking to do much the same. With co-promotion increasingly being seen as a model of the future, these strong regional promotions will be key in providing sufficiently large gates to make this model possible. The Shamrock-Le fight is a prime example of this, with Scott Coker's local promotional expertise being key in doing over a million dollars at the gate for that fight.

Written by admin on June 6th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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