"HDNet Fights Presents: The M-1 Challenge" will premiere on HDNet Friday, Sept. 19 at 9:00pm ET. Future shows will air weekly every Friday at 8:00pm ET.
As we previously reported, M-1 Challenge, a promotion headed by Fedor Emelianenko's manager Vadim Finkelstein, has signed a deal with the high-definition network to broadcast a series of twenty, one-hour episodes of its international team competition.
The round-robin tournament is comprised of teams from Russia (Red Devil and Legion), France, Korea, Finland, US, Netherlands, Spain, Japan and a World team.