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GEORGES ST-PIERRE TO APPEAR AS A PANELIST ON
HDNET'S "INSIDE MMA"


DALLAS (April 9, 2009) This week's INSIDE MMA will feature Canadian Mixed Martial Arts star Georges St-Pierre as a guest panelist on the program.

St-Pierre, the current UFC Welterweight Champion is ranked as one of the top three pound-for-pound fighters by many in the MMA world and is also ranked as the number one welterweight in the world by multiple MMA publications.

In his appearance this week, St-Pierre talks about his upcoming fight with Thiago Alves at UFC 100, the "Greasegate" controversy surrounding his fight with B.J. Penn and also his recent commercial shoot for Gatorade - GSP is the first Mixed Martial Artist to be sponsored by the product.

This Friday also features Part Two of Ron Kruck's interview with Brock Lesnar. This week Lesnar talks to Kruck about his time in the WWE, the movie "The Wrestler" and what he really thinks about Fedor Emelianenko.

HDNet's INSIDE MMA is the first and only one of its kind - an original, weekly television program devoted completely to news and highlights from the world of Mixed Martial Arts. Hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten are joined by the sport's top fighters and news-makers every week to discuss and analyze the latest in MMA. The program also includes event highlights, viewer mail, and Ron Kruck providing up-to-the-minute news and features with Kruck's Korner. INSIDE MMA has become the hottest Mixed Martial Arts program on television, giving fans their weekly fix of everything MMA.

Since the program's inception in September of 2007, INSIDE MMA has covered some of the biggest stories in the business, presenting interviews with the biggest names involved. From Randy Couture's legal battles with the UFC to Seth Petruzelli's upset win over Kimbo - and the Florida State Athletic Commission's investigation of that fight, to the fall of EliteXC, INSIDE MMA has covered it all.

INSIDE MMA, HDNet's weekly series covering the latest news, rankings, stats and highlights from the world of Mixed Martial Arts airs every Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET.

REMINDER FOR TOMORROW NIGHT DREAM.8 ON HDNet:

OLYMPIA DREAM 8 Welterweight Grand Prix

Premiere
Fri. Apr. 10 10:00 PM ET

The Dream Featherweight Grand Prix is already underway and now the time has come for the welterweights to get their turn in the spotlight. The field is stacked, featuring such notable fighters as Shinya Aoki and Hayato "Mach" Sakurai.

 

OLYMPIA DREAM.8 Welterweight GP 2009 1st Round
Date: April 5th, 2009
Place: Nippon Gaishi Hall in Nagoya, Japan

Welterweight GP Fight:
Shinya Aoki vs. Hayato “Mach” Sakurai
Andre Galvao vs. John Alessio
Yuya Shirai vs. Jason High
Marius Zaromskis vs. Seichi Ikemoto

Featherweight GP Fight:
Hideo Tokoro vs. DJ.taiki

88 kg/194 lbs Fight:
Minowaman vs. Katsuyori Shibata

Middleweight Fights:
Andrews Nakahara vs. Shungo Oyama
Murilo Ninja vs. Riki Fukuda

Heavyweight Fight:
Sergey Kharitonov vs. Jeff Monson

Lightweight Fight:
Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro vs. Katsuhiko Nagata

Regarding the ratings from DREAM.8,  NightmareOfBattle reports:

DREAM.8 is over and should have fans intrigued with the semifinals and final of the Welterweight GP. The event got a better rating than DREAM.7 with 3.4% compared to DREAM.7’s 2.4%.