Press Release – TORONTO, September 14th, 2011 – Score Media Inc. (TSX: SCR) today announces that theScore Fighting Series (SFS) will be coming to Hamilton on Friday, October 14th at the Hamilton Place Theatre. The event will be headlined by Canada’s most experienced mixed martial artist Joe “El Dirte” Doerksen
who sports over 60 professional fights including notable wins over Tom Lawlor, Patrick Cote, Ed Herman and Chris Leben. Doerksen (47-15) has competed in many of the world’s biggest MMA organizations including the UFC®, WEC, IFL, Sengoku and DEEP and is coming off a win over fellow UFC veteran Luigi Fioravanti during the recent June 10th SFS event in Mississauga.
MMA fans can look forward to seeing some of the sport’s best young fighters compete alongside established MMA veterans. Fighters scheduled to appear include Will Romero, Tristan Johnson, Shane Campbell, Misha Cirkunov, Alex Ricci and Rory McDonell. Opponents for all are pending approval with the Ontario Athletics Commission and will be announced shortly.
The October 14th event will be shown live on theScore.com and air on theScore Television Network via tape delay. Tickets will range from $30 to $65 and will go on sale on Friday, September 16th through ticketmaster.ca and the Copps Coliseum box office.
About Score Media Inc.
Score Media is a media company committed to delivering interactive and authentic sports entertainment. Score Media’s primary asset, theScore Television Network (“theScore”), is a national specialty television service providing sports news, information, highlights and live event programming in more than 6.8 million homes across Canada. The Company’s digital media assets include theScore.com and the industry leading mobile sports applications ScoreMobile, ScoreMobile FC and SportsTap which reach over three million unique users per month. Growing from a team of 60 in 1997 to over 270 employees in 2011, Score Media is a revolutionizing interactive media company.
About theScore Fighting Series
theScore Fighting Series is a mixed martial arts promotion operated by Score Fighting Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Score Media Inc. theScore Fighting Series (SFS) features fighters from North America and beyond with the focus on showcasing both established veterans and the sport’s best young athletes. The primary objectives of the series are to deliver evenly matched, exciting fights and to help fighters maximize their career potential. The Series can currently be seen on theScore on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm ET and Thursdays at 4 pm ET. Individual fights are also available under the MMA section on theScore.com.