MMA has been taking over the world as one of the fastest growing sports and the Tampa-based mixed martial arts promotion, Xtreme Fighting Championships, has been growing right along with it as evident in the upcoming XFC fight card at Port Cratos at Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus next month.
“We are ecstatic to build our brand in Northern Cyprus and the surrounding area and plan on delivering a quality show there like only the XFC can,” said XFC President John Prisco.
After the XFC's success in the U.S. with 10,000 plus fans attending the live events at venues like the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla. and live coverage of the fights nationwide on HDNet as well as weekly reruns on various cable channels the international expansion seems like a logical next step.
This article appears in Sep 9-15, 2010.