Seventeen additional fighters added to MMA Show Live

Birmingham, UK – March 26, 2012 – It was confirmed today that another plethora of UFC and MMA stars have been added to The MMA Show Live. The event is being held May 12 -13 at The NEC inBirmingham alongside The Martial Arts Show Live.

Mark Munoz, Alexander Gustaffson, Phil DeFries, Vaughan Lee, Diego Sanchez, Thiago Alves, Chris Leben, Alessio Sakara, Matt Mitrione, John Maguire, Neil Grove, Rob Sinclair, Marloes Coenen, Sergei Kharitonovplus World renowned coaches Jon Chaimberg, Martin De Jong and Kenny Johnson have all joined the roster for the largest MMA fan expo ever to be held in Europe.

They join a star studded lineup that includes the likes of Dan Henderson, Rashad Evans, Michael Bisping and Jake Shields, giving fans access to more top level UFC and MMA talent than any MMA show of its kind ever to be held inEurope.

Liam Fisher, the organizer of The MMA Show Live stated, “It is beyond a dream to see so many top level MMA fighters, personalities and coaches all at one show in the UK …and it doesn’t end there! On Tuesday, we will be announcing the final two names for the show – a current UFC champion and a former UFC champion. It doesn’t get any better than this!”

The final two A-list fighters for The MMA Show Live roster will be announcedtomorrow at 6pm GMT exclusively through the shows Official Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/themmashowlive.

Additionally, the official MMA Show Live website www.themmashowlive.com will re-launch tomorrow (March 27) at 6pm GMT with a brand new design and will list the full schedule for The MMA Show Live weekend.

The confirmed line-up for the MMA Show is as follows:

Dan Henderson (UFC)

Michael Bisping (UFC)

Rashad Evans (UFC)

Mark Munoz (UFC)

Sean Sherk (UFC)

Brittney Palmer (UFC)

Chandella Powell (UFC)

Diego Sanchez (UFC)

Thiago Alves (UFC)

Thiago Silva (UFC)

Kenny Florian (UFC)

Jake Shields (UFC)
Paul Daley (Strkeforce)

Alexander Gustaffson (UFC)

Matt Mitrione (UFC)

Alessio Sakara (UFC)
Brendan Schaub (UFC)
Rory MacDonald (UFC)
Chris Leben (UFC)

Phil DeFries (UFC)

VaughanLee (UFC)

John Maguire (UFC)

BJ Penn (UFC)

Carlos Condit (UFC)

Neil Grove (UFC, Bellator, Super Fight League)

Rob Sinclair (BAMMA)

Marloes Coenen (Strikeforce, Invictus)

Sergei Kharitonov (Strikeforce, PRIDE)
Jimmy Wallhead (Bellator)
Jimi Manuwa (BAMMA)
Jack Marshman (BAMMA)
Andre Winner (BAMMA)
Tim Radcliffe (UCMMA)
Vladimir Matyushenko (UFC)
Brad Pickett (UFC)
Jason Young (UFC)
Ross Pearson (UFC)
Dean Amasinger (KSW)
Che Mills (UFC)
Simeon Thoresen (UFC)
Tom ‘Kong’ Watson (BAMMA)
Ian ‘The Machine’ Freeman (UFC, Cage Rage)
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (UFC, PRIDE and DREAM)

Stephen ‘Wonderboy’ Thompson (UFC)

Jorge Rivera (UFC)

Frank Trigg (UFC, PRIDE)

Mark Coleman (UFC, PRIDE)

Keith Jardine (Strikeforce)

Dan Severn (UFC, PRIDE, Cage Rage, WEC)

Marc Goddard (UFC Referee)

Gareth A Davies (The Daily Telegraph, ESPN)

Jon Chaimberg (Jackson’s MMA)

Kenny Johnson (BOLT Wrestling)

Martin De Jong (Golden Glory)

Tickets are available now from The Ticket Factory at http://bit.ly/xXUcfa or from the 24 hour ticket hotline on 0844 338 0338.

For more information on The MMA Show Live, please go towww.themmashowlive.com.  Fans can also follow The MMA Show Live on Twitter at www.twitter.com/themmashowlive and on Facebook atwww.facebook.com/themmashowlive.