During the season finale of The Contender, while Sergio Mora and Peter Manfredo Jr., were still fighting, Sylvester Stallone insisted that there should be a rematch between the two. That rematch will take place tomorrow night, airing live on ESPN at 11 p.m. ET. Manfredo tells ESPN, “This time I’m going to be ready for …
Peter “The Pride of Providence” Manfredo Jr. will once again try to defeat Sergio “The Latin Snake” Mora when the two enter the ring in October as part of a special ESPN event. That fight will be supported by undercard fights between “other fighters from the first season,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. That seems …
As has been long rumored, ESPN has picked up The Contender for a second season. The cable network also has the option to air the show for two additional seasons. “Plans call for casting and production to begin immediately and for the series to air beginning April 2006 in primetime on ESPN,” according to a …
Mark Burnett’s The Contender looks like it’ll be heading to Disney’s sports channel ESPN. “ESPN said Monday it was close to acquiring the rights for a second season,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. However, the paper notes that it’s “unclear whether Stallone would work on a second season … if it is acquired by ESPN. …
One of the fighters from The Contender is bitter about the experience, and has issued a press release to let us know that “the show was edited poorly and didn’t portray the fights accurately.” Ahmed Kaddour says the NBC series “made me wake up to the light and see what Hollywood is all about. It’s …
Although Mark Burnett previously said that he expected to be announcing a new home for The Contender a few weeks ago, he says it’s taking a while because producers “are looking not just for a TV partner, but for a partner overall to help really re-launch the sport. This relationship will be as much about …
Although The Contender is not on NBC’s fall schedule, it hasn’t been officially cancelled. According to the New York Times, “An NBC spokeswoman said that while it did not have the show on its fall lineup, the network had not passed on ‘The Contender’ altogether.” Producer Mark Burnett confirmed “that if NBC was not interested, …