Cage Contender: The Best of Irish MMA coming to America on FIGHT NOW TV

HOBOKEN, New Jersey (July 18, 2012) - The best of Irish mixed-martial-arts fighting, Cage Contender, will start airing its fast-paced action in America on FIGHT NOW TVTM - America's only 24-hour combat sports and entertainment channel - commencing this month. Cage Contender is the newest addition to FIGHT NOW TV's growing programming line-up of mixed-martial-arts, boxing, kickboxing and other combat events. This Saturday (July 21), the Cage Contender XIV event will feature Light Heavyweight Champion Fraser "The Omen" Opie, plus Cage Contender Featherweight Champion Owen "Rowdy" Roddy defending his title against Shannon Gugerty, at National Basketball Arena in Dublin, Ireland. Saturday's show will be taped live and air the following weekend, July 28 & 29 as part of Cage Contender Weekend on FIGHT NOW TV. Catch Cage Contender XIII on July 28 at 10 p.m. ET, featuring bouts between Cage Contender Heavyweight Champion Neil Wain vs. Neil "Big C" Robinson in a rematch of their CCXI classic, plus UFC veteran Dean "Boogeyman" Lister, who took on local Irish fighter hero, Rodney Moore. Then on Sunday, July 29at 10 p.m. ET, Cage Contender XIV makes its Network debut. "Cage Contender is a great fit for FIGHT NOW TV," said Mike Garrow, GM and Co-founder. "John and his team have done an excellent job at creating a world class promotion that fighters and fans alike can find exciting MMA action. We are looking forward to bringing their next round of events in later 2012, live on FIGHT NOW TV." Cage Contender showcases a mix of the finest homegrown Irish MMA talent along with the top European and International competitors such as Dean Lister, Jeff Monson and Gunnar Nelson. Cage Contender provides Ireland's most entertaining live and televised MMA experience. "We are thrilled to close a deal with FIGHT NOW TV that further increases our global broadcast footprint, bringing the top Irish fighting talent to more and more homes," remarked John Ferguson, CEO Ferguson Sports Group. "When looking at additional distribution, we are very protective in terms of where we place the Cage Contender brand, but we are more than confident that Mike Garrow and his team at FIGHT NOW TV is a perfect fit for our goals." FIGHT NOW TV is available on Cablevision channel 464 as part of the iO Sports & Entertainment Pak! About FIGHT NOW TV: With offices in New Jersey, Las Vegas and Toronto, FIGHT NOW TV is a cross-platform media company that creates and distributes content through its television, video on demand, and online outlets. Founded by Channel Zero, Inc. and media entrepreneur Mike Garrow, FIGHT NOW TV launched last year as the first and only 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week combat sports channel in the nation. The network's mandate is to bring the best battles, fiercest fights and stunning knockouts to America. FIGHT NOW TV caters to fight fans of every genre, giving them a front row seat to compelling coverage of MMA, boxing, wrestling/grappling, Muay Thai, kickboxing and other combat sports. FIGHT NOW TV is the place for the best analysis, live and current events, documentaries and news coverage of the biggest PPV events and match-ups from around the globe. FIGHT NOW TV has also enlisted one of the fight game's biggest names to join its camp, including 5-time UFC champion and MMA legend Randy Couture, who serves as both spokesperson and analyst for the channel.  About Cage Contender: The brainchild of Irish sports promoter, John Ferguson, Cage Contender started began with a 6-man knockout tournament in August 2009. From these humble beginnings Cage Contender has rapidly become Ireland's undisputed, number one domestic Mixed Martial Arts promotion, currently broadcast in nearly 100 countries and to millions of homes around the globe. The Cage Contender ethos is that there are Irish people in every corner of the world, many of whom enjoy watching sport from the land they call home. With this in mind Cape Contender events showcase the premier MMA talent Ireland has to offer with a mixture of international stars and household names added to that mix. Cage Contender is staged in North Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and in select venues across Europe.