French Entrepreneur enters MMA competition in Las Vegas, Cyril Viguier plans to Revolutionize Mixed Martial Arts in France in Las Vegas
"White Collar MMA… " from executive to execution". MMA has become the fastest growing international sport and till today it is still growing in popularity around the world and most recently in France. Cyril Viguier, French TV personality and MMA enthusiast currently hosts a two hour late night talk show in France, and is excited to compete in a "live MMA Competition", in Las Vegas 8/13/2011.
- (1888PressRelease) August 11, 2011 - Las Vegas, Nevada - MMA Tryouts for the upcoming competition, to be held this Saturday August 13th at 2:30 at the Throwdown Training Facility in the Fight Capital of the World Las Vegas were completed today. Fighters selected to the competition in the 170lb division were Josh Bleeker with a record of 2-1 and Daniel Cuison with a record of 2-0. In addition Justin "The Pirate" Bonner was selected to compete against Cryil Viguier who fights in the Platinium League which is governed by the WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations in France.
The 3 amateur bouts, are governed by the Nevada Athletic Commission, with Kick International as a sanctioning body. The event MVP's are scheduled to compete in an upcoming event to be held in Paris, France/Palais des Sports, in the Night Gala "Nuit Des Art Martiaux" later this year. Las Vegas MMA shall promote and license the event and is coordinating Judges, Referees, Doctors and additional Medical personnel
The training is supervised by Kekoa, John Wood, Dewey Cooper, and Javier Torrez. Training and conditioning will alternate between Tap Out Training Facility, Team Wanderlei Silva, Extreme Couture, Striking Unlimited and Throwdown.
The official weigh-ins, media event and press conference is scheduled to be held on August 12, at The Tapout Training Facility at 3pm with the main event held on August 13th at 2:30pm at Throwdown. All press conferences, training sessions and main event are open to the press and public at no charge.
Cyril received from the American the National Leadership Award for his work in broadcasting what is really unique for a Frenchman. Also he was former program director of France 5 (French TV Channel), successful TV producer and co-founder of DHCV Productions, he recently organized a debate on the "France Télévison's TV program's future. All the important people from the world of TV were there. As a great Fighter, martial arts enthusiast specializing in Thai and American Boxing, Cyril Viguier is determined to restore these disciplines' images on French television.
For more information, and RSVP call Jon Fondy at 702.938.0889 or email at jfondy ( @ ) msn dot com
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