For Immediate Release
September 13, 2007
Courtesy of Rick Muge / MMA CLASSICS

FIGHTER CONQUERS THIRD CONTINENT
DOCUMENTARY SELECTED FOR RIO AND FILMSTOCK, UK

Santa Monica, CA, USA. FIGHTER a documentary has been named as an Official Selection into The Rio De Janiero International Film Festival in Brazil and The Filmstock International Film Festival in The U.K. Marking the 6th and 7th International Film Festivals to date for this internationally acclaimed documentary film. The Rio De Janiero International Film Festival is largest of its kind in Latin America. This year's festival will feature a total of 300 films, which will be shown in tents and on the Copacabana Beach, apart from normal displaying at theaters in Rio. The festival takes place from September 20 and runs through October 4, 2007. Please check back here for specific screening times and theater information or go to: www.festivaldorio.com.br/site Filmstock is held in Luton, UK, just north of London and will hold their 8th annual festival from November 1st-11th, 2007. The screening schedule will be released 3 weeks prior to the festival opening, and if you are in the area you will want to know that the majority of all screenings take place primarily at the famed Hat Factory (LU1 2 EY). We will post specific information here when it becomes available. Check out the website here: www.filmstock.co.uk As FIGHTER continues its global romp and if you haven't had a chance to see the film we wanted to share this note recently sent to MMACLASSICS.COM - “I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for the great time I had at the premier of "Fighter", the documentary about Randy Couture on March 2 in Columbus. Everything was perfect. The movie, the staff and meeting Randy Couture was unreal. This was a once in a life time event and I thank everyone for giving me the opportunity to be a part of it. Thanks again. Gary Adkins, Columbus Ohio” 'FIGHTER, a documentary', looks back to capture a slice of sports history as Randy "The Natural" Couture chases his first UFC™ Belt and beyond. The film "takes you deep into the world of Couture… a man who is now considered the personification of everything good about this sport" Winner of the "BEST DOCUMENTARY" at the FAIF Film Festival in Hollywood, CA "BEST BIOGRAPHY" at the NYFVI Film festival in New York, NY, and "BEST SPORTS DOCUMENTARY" at the NYIIF Festival in Los Angeles, CA 'FIGHTER' provides a riveting myriad of perspectives while taking an irreverent yet brutally honest look inside the minds of MMA fighters. For interview requests please contact Kera at 323.966.5432  or eMail us at info@mmaclassics.com