HDNet and Strikeforce Announce Partnership

HDNet and Strikeforce announced a partnership agreement last night that will enable HDNet to televise a minimum of four Strikeforce events over the course of 2008.

The first Strikeforce show to appear on HDNet will be the upcoming “Strikeforce at The Dome” event scheduled for February 23 in Tacoma, WA. The event will be headlined by former PrideFC fighter Bob Sapp and K-1 fighter Jan Nortje. Also on the card, former UFC Heavyweight Champion Maurice Smith will face kickboxing legend Rick Rufus in Rufus’ professional MMA debut.

Adding Strikeforce brings Mark Cuban’s HDNet that much closer to reaching their goal of televising at least 24 MMA events during the course of 2008. Strikeforce joins the Maximum Fighting Championship, International Fight League, M-1 Global, Sportfight, and HDNet’s own HDNet Fights.

Dr J

Posted: February 8th, 2008 5 Comments Categories: News
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1. MAD says:

   February 8, 2008 at 11:20 am

   Seems like Cuban is serious about his HDnet fights adventure. I’ve looked through my cable subscription and can’t find HDnet so I’m not sure if Comcast is carring it. I would love to be able to get all these free events. I’m going to have to check with Comcast this week when I go and pay my bill to see if it’s available.

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2. R.J. St.Croix says:

   February 8, 2008 at 11:45 am

   i know for sure that Starchoice sat. in Canada offers it. im not sure if they have Starchoice in the USA or in your area. i have yet to see any HDNet programing because i dont have a HD reciver but i will get on it at some point.

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3. Dr J says:

   February 8, 2008 at 11:55 am

   I know Cox Cable here in Rhode Island doesnt have it. But I’m switching to Verizon FIOS in two weeks and they have it, so I’ll finally get to watch all these HDNet shows.

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4. PATRICK says:

   February 8, 2008 at 12:11 pm

   i guarentee that good ol ufc and dana will have some competition now lol

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5. Maxx says:

   February 8, 2008 at 2:34 pm

   No hdnet for comcast…yet

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