MMA reality show. Owned Entertainment, Inc and JAC'd
Productions have partnered with Big John McCarthy and Big John McCarthy's
Ultimate Training Academy to produce an 8-episode MMA reality show. The
filming for the show will be this summer in Valencia, California. And will
focus on the lives of a selected cast of fighters, trainers and MMA
professionals.
Serving as Executive Producer on the show is Jason Chambers, and host of
'Human Weapon" the History Channel's TV show.
Joanne of MMA Girls
MMA Girls
has been
signed to be one of the featured characters on the show. Fighters and cast
members will be announced soon. If you are a fighter or MMA professional who
would like to be on the MMA reality show, please contact
Steve@UsedGymEquipment.com.
Final auditions and interviews will be June 22nd at 1 PM.
About Big John McCarthy
Big John McCarthy is considered the pre-eminent
referee throughout the world for mixed martial arts (MMA), beginning with his
involvement at UFC 2 over fourteen years ago, and is a much sought-after
figure in regard to historical knowledge of the sport of MMA. McCarthy, a
23-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, was awarded his
Tactic/Self Defense Instructor Certification by the LAPD on August 12, 1993.
McCarthy is the leading authority in mixed martial arts officiating
worldwide. He has refereed every UFC to date save one.
Standing 6’4” and
weighing 240 lbs, McCarthy and his famous fight opener“Let’s Get It On” has
become instantly recognizable to MMA fans worldwide. He has provided seminars
on instruction and question & answer sessions for multiple athletic
commissions across the country in addition to t American Boxing Council (ABC)
and the International Professional Ring Official (IPRO). In September 2006,
Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt McCarthy opened Big John McCarthy’s Ultimate
Training Academy (BJMUTA), the first fully functional MMA School in Valencia,
CA. In May 2007, McCarthy joined The Fight Network as a mixed martial arts
analyst across its various distribution platforms.
About Owned Entertainment
Owned Entertainment, Inc. has emerged as a player in
the area of independent film production and distribution, once monopolized by
the major film studios. The company engages in investing, producing, and
distributing full-length feature films as well as TV projects, video games,
and other entertainment entities. Along with its controlling equity interest
in 'All That I Need,' released in theatres December 2005, there are several
other projects in the making, including: 'The Other Side' and 'Descendant,'
written by Damir Catic and Eric Alfio, the MMA movie 'Own3D' by James
Hergott,'Brothers' by Tarquin Gotch (whose credits include 'Home Alone,'
'Curly Sue,'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'), and a reality show set in the world of
MMA whichwill be filmed in California this summer.
Owned Entertainment, Inc.'s
mission is to produce high quality and highly enjoyable feature films that
will be widely distributed in the mainstream media markets. The corporate
offices for Owned Entertainment, Inc.reside in Austin, Texas and Southern
California. Owned Entertainment, Inc. has recently announced it will be adding
an Interactive Entertainment division to focus on video game development.
Owned has a partnership with IMMAE (immae.tv),
the premier MMA expo as well as The No Holds Barred Show (www.thenhbshow.com),
which broadcasts live Sunday nights on Sirius satellite ch. 122 and 56
affiliates FM/AM nationwide as well as American Forces Network.
