SINGAPORE, June 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Rebel Group, Inc. ("Rebel" or the "Company"), a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) entertainment company, specializing in organizing, promoting and hosting MMA events, today announced that the Company plans to host a grand Mixed Martial Arts tournament named "QUEST FOR GLORY" on August 12, 2017 at the posh Kerry Hotel in Shanghai, China.
Mr. Justin Leong, Chief Executive Officer of Rebel stated, "It is our third time hosting a Mixed Martial Arts event in China after the "THE PROMISED ONES" and "BATTLE ROYALE: ASCENSION" we hosted in 2015 and 2016 respectively in Qingdao. We are committed to bringing engaging and exciting MMA entertainment to audiences in China. For the upcoming "QUEST FOR GLORY" event, we plan to invite world-class contestants from China, America, Japan, Pakistan and Brazil. We expect that the distinctive tournament will prove to be an amazing experience for worldwide fans."
Justin continued: "We believe that 'QUEST FOR GLORY' will be an incredibly exciting event that has rarely been done in China before. We are thoroughly excited to see how this tournament plays out as MMA event innovators. We look forward to seeking more talented Chinese MMA athletes and bringing them to the world stage."
The contestants for "BATTLE ROYALE: QUEST FOR GLORY" are as follows:
Welterweight (77kg) Championship Semi-Finals*
1. Andy Wang VS Makoto Maeda
2. Adriano Balby VS David Hulett
Interim Featherweight (66kg) Title Fight
1. Rodolfo Marques Diniz VS Nagakura Tatsunao
Special Fight (Bantamweight (61kg) -- Pakistan VS China
1. Niu Kang Kang VS Uloomi Karim
*Winner goes into Grand Final, which will be held on August 12, 2017 as well.
Aside from the headlined fights mentioned above, there will be four more world-class fights. Details of these fights will be available at a later date.
For more information, please visit www.rebelfightingchampionship.com
About Rebel Group, Inc.
Founded in 2013, with headquarters in Singapore. Rebel Group, Inc. is a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) entertainment company, focused on organizing, promoting and hosing MMA events that attract talented fighters from all over the world. The Company produces and distributes its events through the internet and social media, and seeks to sell the rights to distribute videos of its MMA events to television stations. The Company carries out its operations through managing events, fighters, ticket sales, sponsorships, and pay-per-view purchases and operates under the Rebel Fighting Championship brand. For more information about the Company, please visit www.rebelfightingchampionship.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about Rebel's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control. The Company's actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the necessary skills and experience , and its ability to protect its intellectual property. Rebel encourages you to review other factors that may affect its future results in Rebel's most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All of the Company's forward-looking statements are expressly qualified by all such risk factors and other cautionary statements.
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