STRIKEFORCE Hits the Playboy
Mansion
For
Immediate Release
Yahoo! Sports To
Stream the Event Live to a Worldwide Audience
Beverly Hills, Calif., September
26, 2007 – World championship mixed martial
arts federation, Strikeforce, will stream its
September 29th “Strikeforce at the Mansion”
event live to a worldwide audience exclusively
at Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com).
Strikeforce will be the first
mixed martial arts event held at the world-famous
Playboy Mansion. The Strikeforce fight card
will be headlined by the return of undefeated
World Lightweight (155 lb. limit) Champion,
“El Nino” Gilbert Melendez (12-0)
as well as the Strikeforce debut of middleweight
(185 lb. limit) star, Joe “Diesel”
Riggs (26-9, 1 NC), who will battle fan-favorite
Eugene “The Wolf” Jackson (15-7-1).
Yahoo! Sports, the internet’s
No. 1 sports destination, will begin streaming
the Strikeforce fights at 9 p.m. (PT) / 12 a.m.
(ET). Yahoo! Sports users will have free, live
access to the main card. Mixed martial arts
fans can find additional information about the
fight and fighters at http://sports.yahoo.com.
“Yahoo! Sports is quickly
becoming the new online destination for passionate
mixed martial arts fans,” commented Jimmy
Pitaro, Vice President/GM of Yahoo! Sports.
“Our site features compelling MMA content,
including top-notch, original editorial, fighter
data and videos. Live streaming the Strikeforce
fight card is another opportunity for Yahoo!
Sports to deliver compelling content to its
users.”
“This is an outstanding
opportunity for fans around the world to watch
these fights, which they otherwise might not
have been able to see live,” said Strikeforce
Founder and CEO, Scott Coker. “Working
with Yahoo! Sports brings mixed martial arts
directly to our fans for free, and gets them
into the Playboy Mansion too. It’s a great
partnership that delivers for fans around the
world.”
In other action on the main
card, Strikeforce lightweight star, Josh “The
Punk” Thomson (34-2 (1 NC), will square
off with former United States marine, Adam Lynn
(11-7 (1 NC). Bobby Southworth (7-4) will take
on Canadian Bill “The Butcher” Mahood
(15-5-1) in a light heavyweight (205 lb. limit)
contest while undefeated heavyweight contender
and former WWE star, Daniel Puder (5-0), will
be challenged by Richard Dalton (3-2).
“Strikeforce at the
Mansion” will feature an array of amenities
for the Beverly Hills’ crowd, including
gourmet dining, complimentary cocktails, and
a wine tasting from several gold medal wineries.
Following the live stream,
the event will remain available for viewing
on Yahoo! Sports, free of charge, for a period
of 30 days via on demand service.
About Strikeforce
Strikeforce is a world-class
mixed martial arts cage fight promotion which,
on Friday, March 10, 2006, made history with
its “Shamrock vs. Gracie” event,
the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight
card in California state history. The star-studded
extravaganza played host to a sold-out, record-breaking
crowd of 18,265. Following 12 years of success
as a leading, world championship kickboxing
promotion, the company unveiled its mixed martial
arts series with “Shamrock vs. Gracie.”
Its “Shamrock vs. Baroni” mega-event
on June 22nd of this year was the first SHOWTIME
mixed martial arts Pay Per View event in history.
