KOTC strikes HDnet deal.

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HDNet announced a multi-year deal on Monday to air “Mark Burnett Presents: King of the Cage” live events every month on its cable channel.

The first event will air on Feb. 12 at 10:00 p.m. EST, according to a press release.

King of the Cage, a U.S.-based promotion established in 1998, entered into a joint-venture agreement with Barnett -- the creator of the hit reality shows “Survivor,” “The Contender” and “The Apprentice” -- in 2009 after KOTC owner Terry Trebilcock re-acquired the organization after a failed merger with Pro Elite. KOTC champions and other featured talent have appeared regularly on the Burnett-produced “Bully Beatdown” on MTV for both of its seasons.

Meanwhile, KOTC continues to hold events stateside, and made its debut in Japan last Saturday.

"The award-winning story telling of Mark Burnett will bring the personalities of MMA to life in a way that has never been seen before,” said HDNet owner Mark Cuban in the release.

"MMA fighters are some of the most fascinating personalities I have ever encountered, and I am excited about the opportunity to help KOTC to bring those characters to life on HDNet," added Burnett. "I am impressed with the quality of King of the Cage, and we look forward to bringing their brand to the next level in conjunction with Mark Cuban, who is one of the truly great entrepreneurs of media and sports."

HDnet continues to aggressively pursue MMA programming directed toward hardcore fans. As long as KOTC is content to stay a feeder promotion this can only be good for them, fighters and fans. HDnet is an essential.

HDnet is the bomb. Being a Rockets fan I've never liked Mark Cuban that much but he is doing great things with HDnet.

That is fucking awesome! I have been wondering when they would get a TV deal of some sort.

hey how does andrew get negged for that?

Cu Bua wrote:

hey how does andrew get negged for that?

Good question

Small penis syndrome is the answer.

Because Wolf is committed to giving Andrew a neg on all of his posts.

Yo I didn't even do that!

It will be a good way to see some future impact fighters. I used to go to a lot these in riverside. Good fights.

Wolfgangsta wrote:

Yo I didn't even do that!

You can see where you would be a suspect though, right?

yo i have been giving andrew a hard time for the HW sig and a few other things and he has been really cool about it. i see him at -6 this morning and wonder why. I am going to try to get him back to 0 at least