WEF Media Acquires World Extreme Fight Championships

Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) May 21, 2006

WEF Media, Inc. announced the acquisition of the world wide, all-media rights to World Extreme Fighting Championships (WEF).

WEF Media, Inc, a recently created corporation whose partners include CEO Ivan Gulas, Jamie Levine; WEF Founder, noted Las Vegas show producer John Stuart and event producer Chris MacNeill. WEF Media's production partners include: Thom Beers and Original Productions; producers of the acclaimed television series “Monster Garage” and “Monster House,” MAX Post and O'Merch LLC, a merchandise and licensing company whose clients include: TV & Film Production Companies, TV Networks and on-camera talent.

WEF Media’s goal is to invigorate the WEF and to recapture its position as a dominant force in the global Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sporting world. WEFM will continue to support WEF’s long standing international focus by assisting the organization attract and showcase the very best fighters, male and female, from every corner of the world.

World Extreme Fighting, (WEF) is the second oldest Mixed Marital Arts (MMA) organization incorporated in the U.S. after The Ultimate Fighting Championships. WEF operates under the mission statement of ‘One World…One World Extreme Fighting Championship’™ by way of its inclusion of fighters and fighting styles from all over the world. WEF has been responsible for grooming of many of the top names that presently fight for UFC and Pride.

World Extreme Fighting Championships, owner and CEO Jamie Levine Jamie Levine has been a pioneer in the creation of MMA as a sanctioned sport in the U.S. He is champion fighter, an inductee in ‘The World Martial Arts Hall of Fame’ and a Pan American Silver medalist for Ju-Jitsu. He has introduced MMA fighting at events thought the U.S and abroad, recruited and trained fighters, and won victories legal battles for the sport. Levine is a noted instructor as well, and has trained such world champions as Rodrigo Nogueira, (heavyweight champion for WEF and Pride), Tommy "Trauma" Sauer (light heavyweight champ of WEF and Super Brawl) and Din Thomas (light weight champ 4 times for WEF/UFC) to name a few.

WEF was a pioneer in the MMA PPV presentation in Brazil. Since 2001, WEF has been focusing primarily on promoting live fights throughout the United Sates. WEF Media has an aggressive agenda to showcase WEF World Class MMA Championship fights on all media platforms including: domestic and international TV, live global broadband broadcasting in multiple languages and streaming to mobile wireless devices. WEF Media has also helped to give the WEF a presence in Las Vegas where they now holding bi-monthly championship fights at the Orleans Arena. In addition to the live event, a reality series in is the pre-production stages.

WEF Media is headed by Dr. Ivan Gulas, a seasoned entertainment, new media and entertainment technology executive, entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He had been Co-Chairman of Pacific Title/Mirage Studios, one of Hollywood’s oldest and most respected post production and digital studios, founder and CEO of the Vegas TV Channel, and had been named by WIRED as one of 25 people reinvesting Hollywood. Dr. Gulas is considered a visionary in entertainment technologies and emerging media trends. It is this instinct which led him to form a partnership with WEF and the creation of WEF Media.

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