''Fight Club'' was a martial arts TV magazine program, created by Samuel Pagal and broadcast by the French based, pan-European broadcasting

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. The program includes various events, bouts and special features of kickboxing throughout the world. ''Fight Club'' was aired on 21:00

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on Thursdays. The replays were generally scheduled in weekends in shortened versions.

Content

The ''Fight Club'' program was notable for airing K-1 events. Its whole calendar was usually shown over the course of the year. The K-1 martial arts organization had tournaments in K-1 MAX for a 70.5 kg (155 lb) weight division, and in

K-1 World Grand Prix K-1 World Grand Prix, also known as the K-1 World GP, is an elimination kickboxing tournament that has been held annually since 1993 by the K-1 organization. Each year, K-1 holds various 16-men, 8-match grand prix style tournaments throughout the ...

for the +90 kg (200 lb) weight division. In addition, fight club often covered various kickboxing and Muay Thai events from Europe, within modified rules in European standards.

Featured events

Top 10 KOs

The program also supplies special features like exclusive interviews with fighters and a popular ''Top 10 KOs'' list, which encloses the most spectacular

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s made that year.

Commentators

Eurosport broadcasts in 20 different languages all around Europe and in English in Asia-Pacific Zone. The commentators for each language are below:

Technical support

The program was edited in Eurosport Central Building studios which is located in

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by Samuel Pagal, Annie Vicaire and Charle-Henri Odin, the editors of the show.

References

External links

Portal site

Corporate information site
{{Eurosport Eurosport Martial arts magazines French sports television series Kickboxing television series Mixed martial arts television shows