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International Fight League, Alfred Haber Distribution and Fox Sports Net Announce Television Deal with AFN, American Forces Network (R).


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 Fight Night" to be offered to servicemen and women on bases around the world beginning in July

NEW YORK -- The International Fight League (OTC OTC

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.BB: IFLI IFLI International Fight League Inc ), the world's number one team-based professional mixed martial arts For the fighting styles that combine different arts, see .
Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a combat sport in which a wide variety of fighting techniques are used, including striking and grappling.
 league, Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI AHDI Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (Modesto, CA) ) and Fox Sports Net today announced that the American Forces Network will begin airing "IFL Fight Night" beginning in July on a weekly basis.

"We are very pleased that servicemen and women around the globe will now be able to see our world class coaches and athletes on a regular basis," said Gareb Shamus, IFL co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "This TV deal, along with our recent partnership with the USO USO: see United Service Organizations.


(UNIX Software Operation) AT&T's Unix division before it turned into USL. See Unix.
, reaches a key fan base for the sport, and we are looking forward to continuing to grow our relationship with the military in every way we can."

"The American Forces Network is tremendously excited to have the opportunity to work with the International Fight League, "said Jeff White, executive director of the Defense Media Center. "Mixed martial arts programming has tremendous appeal to our military audience serving overseas. And IFL is particularly appealing in that it's a team-oriented sport that reflects the international flavor of our uniformed services. Many in our audience are seasoned veterans in several of these specific fighting styles, including wrestling, karate, Taekwondo, kickboxing, judo and jiu-jitsu. We're grateful to the IFL and Alfred Haber Distribution. The fact that Mr. Shamus and Mr. Haber have allowed the American Forces Network to distribute the IFL is yet another example of America's commitment to, and support of, our military men and women overseas."

The deal with AFN AFN Assembly of First Nations
AFN American Forces Network
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AFN Alesco Financial Inc (stock symbol)
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 is the latest in a series of partnerships between the IFL and the military. Earlier this month the IFL launched an awareness partnership with the USO, with the two organizations working together on a series of goodwill and multimedia projects year-round. Currently IFL coaches and world champions Pat Miletich and Don Frye, along with reigning world champion Dan Henderson are on a Goodwill Tour of the Persian Gulf. IFL coaches and athletes also recently entertained over 3,000 servicemen and women as part of "Fleet Week 2007," and have held clinics with servicemen and women in Chicago, Everett, Washington, and New London, Connecticut New London is a city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States. It is located at the mouth of the Thames River in southeastern Connecticut.

New London was founded in 1646.
.

The coverage on AFN will be in addition to the IFL's United States deals with "IFL Battleground" on MyNetwork TV (Mondays at 8 p.m. Eastern and Pacific/7 p.m. Central) and "Fight Night" (Fridays at 11 p.m. on FSN (Full-Service Network) A communications network that provides shopping, movies on demand and access to databases and a variety of interactive services. ). IFL programming will also be seen starting in July on CanWest Global in Canada, who will distribute the shows on their Global X-Treme Sports Channel and MBC (Multimedia Benchmark Committee) A graphics benchmark that provides MPEG-2 and other tests. See GPC. , the leading free-to-air Pan-Arab news and entertainment channel in the Middle East and parts of Africa. The next IFL event will be held Thursday, August 2, at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J., the IFL's championship semi-finals.

About AFN:

AFN, American Forces Network[R] is a worldwide radio and television broadcast network operated by AFRTS AFRTS Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (US DOD)
AFRTS American Forces Radio & Television Service
, the American Forces Radio and Television Service[R]. AFN provides regular stateside radio and television programming to more than 850,000 American service men and women, Department of Defense civilians and their families stationed at bases, Embassies and Consulates in 176 countries and U.S. territories, as well as sailors aboard U.S. Navy ships at sea. For more information visit www.myafn.net.

About Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc.

ALFRED HABER, INC. and ALFRED HABER DISTRIBUTION, INC., established 39 years ago, together form the world's largest distributor of U.S. Network (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
, NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 and FOX) reality, music and event specials, and are major independent distributors of reality and documentary series, mini-series and made-for-television motion pictures for the U.S. and the international television marketplace. More information is available at www.alfredhaber.com.

About the IFL

International Fight League[TM] (IFL) is the world's number one professional mixed martial arts sports league. IFL has its headquarters in New York and offices in Las Vegas. For more information about IFL, please see: www.ifl.tv.

Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

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 Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to various risks and IFL's management's expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future financial condition, and results of operations. There can be no assurance that future developments actually affecting IFL will be those anticipated.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ (favorably or unfavorably) from the expectations stated in this release include the risks and uncertainties such as the conditions of the markets for live events, broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise; acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with producing live events; uncertainties associated with international markets; risks relating to maintaining and renewing key agreements, including television distribution agreements; effects of competition, including locations of competitors and operating and market competition.. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of the Company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

IFL undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. This press release may include the opinions of IFL and does not necessarily include the views of any other person or entity.

The names of all International Fight League, Inc. televised and live programming, teams, images, and logos are trademarks, which are the exclusive property of International Fight League, Inc. All other trademarks and tradenames mentioned in this release are the property of their respective owners, and are not affiliated with IFL in any way.
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