News Item: : Josh Thorpe signs with M1 Global!!!
(Category: Misc)
Posted by Cornbread
Saturday 10 July 2010 - 21:03:51
Congrats to Josh Thorpe for signing a 5 fight contract with M1 Global! Josh has been training very hard and improving in all aspects of mixed martial arts. He will be a part of the huge lightweight tournament M1 is doing. His first match will be on August 7 in Atlantic City. You can watch the event live on HdNet. We are very proud of Josh and are looking forward to see how far he can go! The sky is the limit!
M-1 Global (www.m-1global.com) has been one of the leading Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organizations in the world for over a decade. International MMA stars who have fought under the M-1 banner have included Fedor Emelianenko, Andrei Arlovski, Aleksander Emelianenko, Keith Jardine, Alistair Overeem, Yushin Okami, Ben Rothwell, Mike Pyle, Melvin Manhoef, Roman Zentsov, Denis Kang, Martin Kampmann, Amar Suloev, and Chalid Arrab, to name a few.
Billed as the “World Cup of Mixed Martial Arts,” the M-1 Challenge is a full season of MMA events that showcase some of the best up and coming MMA fighters in the world. Broadcast to over 80 countries around the world, including HDNet in the United States, the M-1 Challenge pits teams of five fighters representing their respective countries against each other for international bragging rights and the title of M-1 Challenge Champions.
The “M-1 Challenge ” affords MMA prospects all over the world an opportunity to test their skills, gain valuable experience at the international level, and become future stars in the sport of MMA. Fighters who succeed on the M-1 Challenge’s international breeding ground will earn the opportunity to participate in major MMA events presented by M-1 Global and their promotional partners .
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