Bellator’s Provides November 2nd Pay-Per-View “Rampage vs. Tito” To American Forces Network

Newport Beach, CA. (August 30^th, 2013) – As anticipation continues to build around Bellator’s November 2^nd Pay-Per-View, the promotion announced today the American Forces Network will air “Rampage vs. Tito” in its entirety in over 175 countries worldwide to nearly one million American service men and women stationed overseas.

“Bellator means warrior, and the finest warriors in the world today are the brave American men and women who put their lives on the line every day to defend and protect our way of life — they are the true heroes,” said Bellator Chairman and CEO Bjorn Rebney. “We’ve been airing on the American Forces Network since 2010 and the response from our service men and women has always been tremendous, and it’s an honor to be able to bring this PPV to those serving our country.”

The American Forces Network Broadcast Center distributes more than 210,000 hours annually of radio and television programming to its well-deserving audience via an encrypted satellite signal that accommodates nine separate television services and 11 radio services. Bellator will continue to air on AFN throughout 2013 and beyond.

“We are delighted to continue our relationship with Bellator and bring the exciting action-packed ninth season of Bellator to the U.S. military service men and women, and their families, deployed around the world,” said Corey Slutsky, chief of AFN sports programming.  “Having the inaugural PPV event on our AFN schedule will be a tremendous morale boost to our Bellator MMA fans.”

The AFN service is only available outside of the territorial United States which is delivered via encrypted satellite and distributed by both closed circuit television with on-base cable systems (non-pay) and encrypted direct broadcast satellite (DBS) which feeds the service into diplomatic missions cited above and to the Navy ships outside of US waters.

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA, follow Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney @BjornRebney and check out Bellator on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BellatorMMA           

Bellator MMA is the world’s largest tournament based Mixed Martial Arts organization. Televised to nearly 500 Million homes worldwide in over 135 countries, Bellator’s majority owner is entertainment giant Viacom.  In the United States, Bellator can be seen on Spike TV, the MMA television leader. With over 150 world-class athletes under contract, Bellator is home to many of the sport’s top mixed martial artists. Bellator’s founder & CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment executive with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes.  Bellator’s core philosophy is that title shots should be earned, not given. This belief gave rise to Bellator’s real sport, tournament-based format, which gives Bellator’s tournaments a true playoff feel that keeps the sport true and distances itself from the subjective side of fighting sports found in organizations that utilize a matchmaking/casting formula.  Bellator MMA is comprised of an executive team that includes top industry professionals in television production, live event orchestration, fighter development/relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.  Bellator is based in Newport Beach, California.

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The Department of Defense operates AFN American Forces Network®.  AFN, a worldwide radio and television broadcast network, serves nearly one million American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians and their families overseas, stationed at bases in 175 countries, as well as 140 U.S. Navy ships at sea.  AFN broadcasts the most popular American radio and television programs from all the major networks.  AFN is a service of the American Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS), part of the Defense Media Activity (DMA). For more information about AFN’s programming, please visit www.myafn.net.