Eurosport Fight Club
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Eurosport Fight Club | |
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Also known as | Fight Club |
Genre | Kickboxing Martial Arts MMA |
Country of origin | Europe |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Production locations | Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France |
Editors | Samuel Pagal [1][2] Annie Vicaire Charles-Henri Odin |
Running time | 120[3]-180 mins. (within commercial breaks) |
Original release | |
Network | Eurosport |
Release | 2001 |
Fight Club was a martial arts TV magazine program, created by Samuel Pagal and broadcast by the French based, pan-European broadcasting sports channel Eurosport.[4] The program includes various events, bouts and special features of kickboxing throughout the world. Fight Club was aired on 21:00 CET on Thursdays. The replays were generally scheduled in weekends in shortened versions.
Content
The Fight Club program was notable for airing K-1 events. Its whole calendar was usually shown over the course of the year. The K-1 martial arts organization had tournaments in K-1 MAX for a 70.5 kg (155 lb) weight division, and in K-1 World Grand Prix for the +90 kg (200 lb) weight division. In addition, fight club often covered various kickboxing and Muay Thai events from Europe, within modified rules in European standards.
Featured events
Organization | Country | Discipline(s) | Notes |
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Le Choc des Titans | France | Kickboxing | |
K-1 | Japan | Kickboxing | [1][5] |
WAKO Pro World Grand Prix | Italy | Kickboxing | [6] |
United Glory | Netherlands | Kickboxing | |
It's Showtime | Netherlands | Kickboxing/MMA | [7][8] |
Klash Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | [3] |
King of Kings | Lithuania | Kickboxing | |
SLAMM!! Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | |
Champions League | Portugal | Kickboxing | |
SUPERKOMBAT | Romania | Kickboxing | [2] |
World Freefight Challenge (WFC) | Slovenia | Kickboxing/MMA | [9] |
Thailand vs. Challenger | Thailand | Muay Thai | [10][11][12] |
Ring Masters | Turkey | Kickboxing | [5][13][14] |
King of Kings | Moldova | Kickboxing |
Top 10 KOs
The program also supplies special features like exclusive interviews with fighters and a popular Top 10 KOs list, which encloses the most spectacular knock outs made that year.
Commentators
Eurosport broadcasts in 20 different languages all around Europe and in English in Asia-Pacific Zone. The commentators for each language are below:
Language | Commantator(s) | Notes |
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Central and West Europe | ||
Dutch | Fred Royers | [15][16][17] |
English | Will Vanders | [18][19] |
French | Samuel Pagal / Charles-Henri Odin / Pascal Iglicki | [1] |
Portuguese | Carlos Ramjanali | |
Eastern Europe and Balkans | ||
Bulgarian | Kamen Petrov & Ognian Georgiev | |
Czech | Ondrej Novotny & Jan Dominec | |
Hungarian | Ferenc Várhegyi & Róbert Opál | |
Polish | Andrzej Janisz & Piotr Zwierzchowski | |
Romanian | Teo Avramescu & Alex Ganci | |
Russian | Stanislav Golovanov | |
Serbian | Dusko Milanovic | |
Scandinavia | ||
Danish | Tania Presutti | |
Finnish | Simo Halmevuo & Petri Martinez | |
Norwegian | No local commentary, broadcast in English | |
Swedish | Kasra Ashami & Ronny Lindqvist | |
Southern Europe | ||
Greek | Makis Kolethras | |
Italian | Dario Puppo & Stefania Bianchini | |
Spanish | Emilio Marquiegui | |
Turkish | Umut Isik & Birol Topuz | [5][13] |
Former Rosters | ||
Italian | Giorgio Ambrogi | |
Russian | Roman Mazurov | |
Serbian | Ognjen Veljic | |
Swedish | Jörgen Kruth |
Technical support
The program was edited in Eurosport Central Building studios which is located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux commune, Paris by Samuel Pagal, Annie Vicaire and Charle-Henri Odin, the editors of the show.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "K1 WGP on Eurosport 2010". Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gancu, Alexandru (Eurosport) (2011-04-15). "Fight club - Kickbox cu români pe Eurosport - Consumer Site" (in română). Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fight Club". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Eurosport Guide 2010". Retrieved 2011-10-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Arna, Sibel (2007-07-29). "K-1 İyi dövüşmek yetmiyor güzel yüz, atletik vücut gerekiyor" (in Türkçe). Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Wako Pro World Grand Prix on Eurosport h. 10:00 pm, March 31st". 2011-03-29. Archived from the original on 2011-04-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- ↑ "Il primo reality di kick boxing è su Eurosport – video" (in italiano). Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Vujic, Slaven (2005-03-25). "Interview with Zlatko Mahic (WFC)". Archived from the original on 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "WFC 13: Heavy Hitters (World Freefight Challenge) odbrojavanje" (in српски / srpski). 2003-07-13. Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Thailand vs Challenger presented by Elite Boxing". Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ "Thailand Vs. Challenger – Press Conference". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
- ↑ "Thailand VS Challenger(2011) Series". 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-10-20.[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Arkın'ın ringdeki öğrencileri" (in Türkçe). Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Cevizcioğlu, Cemal (2008-10-19). "Benzersiz Bir Turnuva, Ring Masters Olympia" (in Türkçe). Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Fred Royers". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ ThaiGym Mons (2007-04-15). "Fred Royers" (in Nederlands). Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "Fred Royers" (in Nederlands). Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ "William "The Sensei" Vanders". 2003-11-21. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ↑ Doyle, Paul (2005-02-03). "Why K-1 is the toughest, most exciting sport in the world". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
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