| Alt Name: | Fight Club |
| Genre: | Kickboxing Martial Arts MMA |
| Country: | Europe |
| Language: | English |
| Editor: | Samuel Pagal Annie Vicaire Charles-Henri Odin |
| Location: | Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris, France |
| Runtime: | 120-180 mins. (within commercial breaks) |
| Network: | Eurosport |
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.[1] The program includes various events, bouts and special features of kickboxing throughout the world.
Fight Club was aired on 21:00 CET on Thursdays. The replays were generally scheduled in weekends in shortened versions.
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.
| Organization | Country | Discipline(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Choc des Titans | France | Kickboxing | ||
| K-1 | Japan | Kickboxing | [2] | |
| WAKO Pro World Grand Prix | Italy | Kickboxing | [3] | |
| United Glory | Netherlands | Kickboxing | ||
| It's Showtime | Netherlands | Kickboxing/MMA | [4] [5] | |
| Klash Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | [6] | |
| King of Kings | Lithuania | Kickboxing | ||
| SLAMM!! Events | Netherlands | Kickboxing | ||
| Champions League | Portugal | Kickboxing | ||
| SUPERKOMBAT | Romania | Kickboxing | [7] | |
| World Freefight Challenge (WFC) | Slovenia | Kickboxing/MMA | [8] | |
| Thailand vs. Challenger | Thailand | Muay Thai | [9] [10] [11] | |
| Ring Masters | Turkey | Kickboxing | [12] [13] [14] | |
| King of Kings | Moldova | Kickboxing |
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.
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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Former Rosters | |||
| Italian | Giorgio Ambrogi | ||
| Russian | Roman Mazurov | ||
| Serbian | Ognjen Veljic | ||
| Swedish | Jörgen Kruth | ||
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.[2] [7]