Fight Now TV was a

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devoted to airing programming related to

wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

, and other

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s. Along with airing live events, Fight Now TV also aired fight-related programming such as news, news magazines, taped sports events, and more. The channel was founded and owned by

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and was launched on May 24, 2011 as a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week combat sports channel. The channel ceased broadcasting on June 30, 2014, citing difficulties achieving long-term viability due to difficulties within the sports genre such as industry consolidation, increased re-transmission fees, insufficient subscribers, and declining video margins.Channel Zero to close Fight Now
Cartt.ca 2014-06-16

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Fight Now TV
{{ChannelZero Channel Zero (company) Sports television networks in Canada Television channels and stations established in 2011 English-language television stations in Canada Television channels and stations disestablished in 2014