Fight Club was a martial arts TV magazine program, created by Samuel Pagal and broadcast by the French based, pan-European broadcasting sports channel Eurosport.[4] The program includes various events, bouts and special features of kickboxing throughout the world.
| Eurosport Fight Club | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Also known as | Fight Club |
| Genre | Kickboxing Martial Arts MMA |
| Country of origin | Europe |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France |
| Editors | Samuel Pagal [1][2] Annie Vicaire Charles-Henri Odin |
| Running time | 120[3]-180 mins. (within commercial breaks) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Eurosport |
| Release | 2001 |
Fight Club was aired on 21:00 CET 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 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
| Organization | Country | Discipline(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Choc des Titans | France | Kickboxing | |
| K-1 | Japan | Kickboxing | [1][5] |
| WAKO Pro World Grand Prix | Italy | Kickboxing | [6] |
| United Glory | Netherlands | Kickboxing | |
| It's Showtime | Netherlands | Kickboxing/MMA | [7][8] |
| Klash Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | [3] |
| King of Kings | Lithuania | Kickboxing | |
| SLAMM!! Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | |
| Champions League | Portugal | Kickboxing | |
| SUPERKOMBAT | Romania | Kickboxing | [2] |
| World Freefight Challenge (WFC) | Slovenia | Kickboxing/MMA | [9] |
| Thailand vs. Challenger | Thailand | Muay Thai | [10][11][12] |
| Ring Masters | Turkey | Kickboxing | [5][13][14] |
| King of Kings | Moldova | Kickboxing |
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 knock outs 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:
| Language | Commantator(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Central and West Europe | ||
| Dutch | Fred Royers | [15][16][17] |
| English | Will Vanders | [18][19] |
| French | Samuel Pagal / Charles-Henri Odin / Pascal Iglicki | [1] |
| Portuguese | Carlos Ramjanali | |
| Eastern Europe and Balkans | ||
| Bulgarian | Kamen Petrov & Ognian Georgiev | |
| Czech | Ondrej Novotny & Jan Dominec | |
| Hungarian | Ferenc Várhegyi & Róbert Opál | |
| Polish | Andrzej Janisz & Piotr Zwierzchowski | |
| Romanian | Teo Avramescu & Alex Ganci | |
| Russian | Stanislav Golovanov | |
| Serbian | Dusko Milanovic | |
| Scandinavia | ||
| Danish | Tania Presutti | |
| Finnish | Simo Halmevuo & Petri Martinez | |
| Norwegian | No local commentary, broadcast in English | |
| Swedish | Kasra Ashami & Ronny Lindqvist | |
| Southern Europe | ||
| Greek | Makis Kolethras | |
| Italian | Dario Puppo & Stefania Bianchini | |
| Spanish | Emilio Marquiegui | |
| Turkish | Umut Isik & Birol Topuz | [5][13] |
| Former Rosters | ||
| Italian | Giorgio Ambrogi | |
| Russian | Roman Mazurov | |
| Serbian | Ognjen Veljic | |
| Swedish | Jörgen Kruth | |
Technical support
The program was edited in Eurosport Central Building studios which is located in Issy-Les-Moulineaux commune, Paris by Samuel Pagal, Annie Vicaire and Charle-Henri Odin, the editors of the show.[1][2]
