As Bellator Fighting Championships prepares its
groundbreaking television alliance in 2013, the promotion has found its
exclusive US
based Spanish language broadcast partner in mun2, part of the Telemundo
Communications Group.
Beginning on Friday June 29, mun2 will broadcast a series of
action-packed, Spanish language highlight shows recapping previous Bellator
events including all the dramatic knockout and highlight reel finishes Bellator
has become known for.
Bellator 60 will be the first event broadcast on mun2, and
will feature an epic Featherweight World Championship fight between Pat Curran
and Joe Warren that left the Bellator crowd on its feet. Additionally, a
collection of Featherweight Tournament Quarterfinals fights will be shown with
the winner of the Season 6 Tournament earning a guaranteed title shot and a
$100,000 payday. With a number of dynamic finishes and impressive performances,
Bellator 60 will be an explosive start to new mun2 alliance.
Every LIVE Bellator event in 2012 and 2013 will be seen live
in mun2 in Spanish language. The mun2 broadcast team will feature the long time
Bellator Spanish language commentating team of George X and Manny Rodriguez,
who hold the distinct honor of announcing every Bellator event in history,
dating back to Bellator’s debut in 2009.
Bellator is gearing up for its July 20th Summer Series event
from The University of South Florida’s Sun Dome in Tampa , Florida
Reuniting a partnership that saw mun2 air 22 live Bellator
events spanning the promotion’s second and third seasons, Bellator has returned
to the broadcasting giant that is mun2 to reach a unique collection of
bicultural Latinos. mun2 is broadcast to more than 34 million homes nationwide,
further expanding Bellator’s landmark TV distribution alliance — one of the
largest in fighting sports history.
“Both Bellator and mun2 have both experienced tremendous
growth since our earlier alliance, so when the possibility of re-aligning with
mun2 for anything/everything Bellator Spanish language in the US, the move was
a natural fit,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “Since our first
event, Bellator has recognized and respected Hispanic consumers as some of the
greatest MMA fans in the world, and this partnership ensures that audience will
have a new spectacular home where it can watch Bellator LIVE and Best Of on a
weekly basis.”
“We’re all very excited to have Bellator return to mun2,”
said SVP, Programming and Production Flavio Morales. “mun2 is all about
bringing Latinos their stars, music and sports. There is no question Latinos
love MMA and we are glad to make mun2 the home for Bellator once again.”
For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on
Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney
@BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator
About Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts
promotional company headquartered in Chicago .
Bellator, Latin for Warrior, is partnered with entertainment industry leaders
Viacom and Fremantle Entertainment, and is the world’s leading tournament-based
mixed martial arts organization. Bellator’s Founder, Chairman & CEO Bjorn
Rebney is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a
deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its
athletes. Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top
industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television
production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship
creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising,
publicity and commission relations.
About mun2:
mun2 is the leading Hispanic cable network for young
millennial adults 18-34. From reality to music, on-air to digital, mun2 creates
original content that resonates across a multi-screen platform. Young, vibrant
and unabashedly Latino, mun2 has a distribution to over 38 million households.
The network is part of Telemundo Media, a division of NBCUniversal.
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