HDNet this week received court approval to complete its acquisition of the remaining assets of the International Fight League, a publicly traded team-based MMA promotion which effectively closed in June following the cancellation of a scheduled August 15th event before ultimately filing for bankruptcy in September.

For $650,000 HDNet acquired all intellectual property owned by the IFL, including their video and image libraries, the “Hex” fighting surface, and the promotion’s website, IFL.tv, as well as other miscellaneous assets.

HDNet Fights and Affliction Entertainment on Wednesday officially announced a long-term partnership to air the first ninety minuet of Affliction events high definition network as a lead-in to the promotion’s pay-per-view card.
The deal will begin with Affliction “Day of Reckoning” on October 11th, which will air on HDNet beginning at 7:30pm ET.
“This is the beginning [...]

Wanderlei Silva, Rousimar Palhares, Goran Reljic, and Wilson Gouveia took home $75,000 bonuses for their efforts at UFC 84. Silva won “Knockout of the Night” for his 36-second KO win over Keith Jardine. Palhares was awarded “Submission of the Night” for his slick armbar win over veteran Ivan Salaverry. Reljic and Gouveia took home [...]

From the official press release:
HDNet has quickly established a reputation as the television destination for fans of mixed martial arts. The announcement made on tonight’s edition of Inside MMA only helped solidify that reputation.
The newest partner of HDNet Fights is DREAM, the upstart Japan-based MMA organization founded by the organizers of K-1 and former executives [...]

From Sherdog:
“Top ranked heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko will fight Tim Sylvia on July 19. The Russian mixed martial arts champion confirmed the bout to Sherdog.com on Tuesday.
HDNet Fights CEO Andrew Simon declined to comment on the report, however sources indicate the bout will air on the Mark Cuban-owned network and is rumored to be promoted by [...]