Bellator Fighting Championships Season 6 Premieres First and Exclusively On KIX and KIX HD

The Home Of Combat Brings The Top Tournament-style Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Event To Viewers Across Asia


Hong Kong (May 22, 2012) - Mixed martial arts (MMA) continues to gain popularity, yet only a handful of fans have seen its tournament-style origins that show the true essence of the combat sport.  On May 28, get ready to experience real tournament knock-out style MMA action as KIX and KIX HD, the ultimate destination for action entertainment in Asia, brings season 6 of Bellator Fighting Championships (Bellator) first and exclusively across the region.

The largest tournament-style event and the second largest MMA promotion in the world, Bellator is a combat competition where title shots are earned and not given, and every win in any of the tournaments bring fighters one step closer to a title shot against the reigning world champions.

Each single-elimination tournament begins with a quarter final round featuring eight fighters. Winners advance to the semi-finals and then the finals. There is a one-month break between each of the championship stages.

The competition brings out the best MMA fighters in eight weight classes – heavyweight, light heavyweight, middleweight, welterweight, lightweight, featherweight, bantamweight and women’s flyweight. These include MMA veterans Eddie Alvarez, Joe Warren, Pat Curran, homegrown champions Ben Askren, Michael Chandler, Cole Konrad and Asian fighters Megumi Fujii and Hiroshi Nakamura.

KIX and KIX HD are “all action” channels providing viewers with a diverse mix of TV series, combat events, reality series and movies with one thing in common: to get your blood pumping. Featuring programs from Asia and around the world, KIX and KIX HD are tailor-made for those who crave action and adventure. Beyond movies and TV series, KIX and KIX HD are the “home of combat” in Asia as it delivers the best combat events such as Bellator Fighting Championships, Dream, M-1 Global, It’s Showtime and Strikeforce first and exclusively.   


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About Celestial Tiger Entertainment

CELESTIAL TIGER ENTERTAINMENT (CTE) is a diversified media company dedicated to entertaining audiences in Asia and beyond. The company focuses on the operation of branded pay television channels, content creation and content distribution targeted at Asian consumers.

CTE operates a powerful bouquet of distinct pay television channels including: CELESTIAL MOVIES, the most broadly distributed 24-hour Chinese and Asian movies channel in the world; CELESTIAL CLASSIC MOVIES, the gateway to an unparalleled array of Chinese movie masterpieces; CELESTIAL MOVIES ON DEMAND, Celestial’s subscription Video On Demand service; KIX, the ultimate in action entertainment; Thrill, Asia's only horror and suspense movie channel; and KIX HD, featuring the best of action with a late-night dose of thrillers in high definition.

As one of Asia’s largest vertically integrated entertainment companies, CTE produces original content which complements its channels business. CTE is also the exclusive sales agent of content in all media in Greater China and Southeast Asia from independent Hollywood studio Lionsgate.

Headquartered in Hong Kong, CTE is a joint venture among Saban Capital Group, a leading private investment firm specializing in the media, entertainment and communications industries; Celestial Pictures, a major Asian entertainment company wholly-owned by Astro, the owner and operator of the leading DTH platform in Malaysia; and Lionsgate, the world’s largest independent filmed entertainment studio.