LAS VEGAS, December 22, 2003 - The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world’s premier mixed martial arts sports association, will continue to expand its brand of combat sports with the distribution of its new Ultimate Knockouts 1&2 DVD starting December 30 in major retail outlets and e-commerce throughout North America.
Ultimate Knockouts 1&2 is a two-hour feature program that will showcase the best knockouts in the UFC’s 10-year history. Two action-packed live fight shows, UFC 43: Meltdown and UFC 44: Undisputed will follow on February 10. UFC 43: Meltdown features the interim light heavyweight title bout between Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Randy “The Natural” Couture. UFC 44: Undisputed has the showdown for the light heavyweight title between Couture and light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz.
Retailers in the United States and Canada that will offer new UFC DVDs include Tower; Transworld Entertainment outlets including FYE, Saturday Matinee, Coconuts, Strawberries, Spec’s and Planet Music; Baker & Taylor; Best Buy; Borders; AEC One Stop; Eurpac; Flash; Fry’s Electronics; Hastings; J&R; Musicland; Video Action Sports (VAS); Arrow; Ritmo Latino; VPD (Video Product Distribution); Ingram Entertainment; DVD Empire; Liaison Records; Manifest Discs and Movie Gallery. Additional retailers will be announced.
“We are really excited about bringing our sport to mainstream consumers. When they have the opportunity to enjoy the fast-paced action and learn more about the strategy of mixed martial arts fighting, they will become fans. Once you experience the ability of our athletes, there is no turning back,” said Dana White, UFC president.
UFC fight show and special compilation DVDs are distributed through an exclusive agreement with Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company.
Studioworks is a full-service studio operation offering its partners a range of entertainment services including worldwide home entertainment distribution, merchandising, television sales and brand management.
Ventura Distribution is a 10-year-old entertainment company that provides service sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution for independent studios. Among the lines it represents are Time Life Video, Billy Blanks TaeBo Series, BET Video, Razor&Tie, Showtime, Fox Sports Net and Video Action Sports. Additionally, Ventura Distribution exclusively distributes programming of its in-house labels, UrbanWorks Entertainment and Studiworks Entertainment. For more information, visit the web site,
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., is the world’s premier mixed martial arts sports association. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, the UFC programs six live pay-per-view events annually through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution on iNDemand, DirecTV, TVN, Echostar, Dish Network, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada, UFC events are distributed internationally through WOWOW, Inc. in Japan, Globosat in Brazil, Main Event Television in Australia and Sky Network Television in New Zealand. Zuffa, LLC licenses the distribution of UFC video games through Crave Entertainment and TDK Mediactive and its fight show DVDs through Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company. For more information, visit its web site at
The UFC’s next live pay-per-view event will be UFC 46: Super Natural at 10 p.m. EST on Super Bowl Saturday, January 31, 2004, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
Ultimate Knockouts 1&2 is a two-hour feature program that will showcase the best knockouts in the UFC’s 10-year history. Two action-packed live fight shows, UFC 43: Meltdown and UFC 44: Undisputed will follow on February 10. UFC 43: Meltdown features the interim light heavyweight title bout between Chuck “The Iceman” Liddell and Randy “The Natural” Couture. UFC 44: Undisputed has the showdown for the light heavyweight title between Couture and light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz.
Retailers in the United States and Canada that will offer new UFC DVDs include Tower; Transworld Entertainment outlets including FYE, Saturday Matinee, Coconuts, Strawberries, Spec’s and Planet Music; Baker & Taylor; Best Buy; Borders; AEC One Stop; Eurpac; Flash; Fry’s Electronics; Hastings; J&R; Musicland; Video Action Sports (VAS); Arrow; Ritmo Latino; VPD (Video Product Distribution); Ingram Entertainment; DVD Empire; Liaison Records; Manifest Discs and Movie Gallery. Additional retailers will be announced.
“We are really excited about bringing our sport to mainstream consumers. When they have the opportunity to enjoy the fast-paced action and learn more about the strategy of mixed martial arts fighting, they will become fans. Once you experience the ability of our athletes, there is no turning back,” said Dana White, UFC president.
UFC fight show and special compilation DVDs are distributed through an exclusive agreement with Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company.
Studioworks is a full-service studio operation offering its partners a range of entertainment services including worldwide home entertainment distribution, merchandising, television sales and brand management.
Ventura Distribution is a 10-year-old entertainment company that provides service sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution for independent studios. Among the lines it represents are Time Life Video, Billy Blanks TaeBo Series, BET Video, Razor&Tie, Showtime, Fox Sports Net and Video Action Sports. Additionally, Ventura Distribution exclusively distributes programming of its in-house labels, UrbanWorks Entertainment and Studiworks Entertainment. For more information, visit the web site,
The Ultimate Fighting Championship, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nev., is the world’s premier mixed martial arts sports association. Owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC, the UFC programs six live pay-per-view events annually through cable and satellite providers. In addition to its U.S. distribution on iNDemand, DirecTV, TVN, Echostar, Dish Network, Bell ExpressVu and Viewers Choice Canada, UFC events are distributed internationally through WOWOW, Inc. in Japan, Globosat in Brazil, Main Event Television in Australia and Sky Network Television in New Zealand. Zuffa, LLC licenses the distribution of UFC video games through Crave Entertainment and TDK Mediactive and its fight show DVDs through Studioworks Entertainment, a Ventura Distribution company. For more information, visit its web site at
The UFC’s next live pay-per-view event will be UFC 46: Super Natural at 10 p.m. EST on Super Bowl Saturday, January 31, 2004, from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.