Wednesday, February 29th 2012
FOX Sports Radio To Simulcast "UFC on FX: Fight Night" This Friday
LOS ANGELES, February 29, 2012 - FOX Sports Radio and FX will simulcast "UFC on FX: Fight Night" on Friday, March 2. The event will take place at the Allphones Arena in Sydney, Australia and feature four fights, beginning with a middleweight face-off between Ultimate Fighter champion Court McGee and Constantinos Philippou at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET. In the exciting flyweight semi-finals, Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson will take on Ian "Uncle Creepy" McCall, and Joseph Benavidez will battle Yasuhiro Urushitani. The main event will feature an explosive welterweight bout between former title contender Thiago "Pitbull" Alves and Martin "The Hitman" Kampmann. After the fights, mixed martial arts expert Larry Pepe will host a FOX Sports Radio wrap-up show with interviews and call-ins from 8 - 10 p.m. PT/11 p.m. - 1 a.m. ET. For more information, please visit www.FOXSportsRadio.com. For affiliations, please call 818-377-5300.
About FX
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable network from Fox. Launched in June of 1994, FX is carried in more than 98 million homes. The diverse schedule includes a growing roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series including SONS OF ANARCHY, JUSTIFIED and AMERICAN HORROR STORY, and acclaimed hit comedy series IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, THE LEAGUE, LOUIE, ARCHER and WILFRED. Its library of acquired box-office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network. The network's other offerings include the acquired hit series TWO AND A HALF MEN and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, and live sports with college football and the UFC. For more information about FX, visit our web site at www.FXnetworks.com.
About FOX Sports Radio
The FOX Sports Radio Network, based in Los Angeles, Calif., is a division of Premiere Networks in partnership with FOX Sports. All entities have combined their considerable resources to develop a turnkey, personality driven and caller intensive programming opportunity for radio stations nationwide. With studios also in New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Miami, Tampa, Phoenix, Seattle, and San Antonio, the FOX Sports Radio Network can be heard on more than 400 stations, as well as FOXSports.com on MSN and XM Channel 169. Additional information is available at www.FOXSportsRadio.com.
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