We’ve been to the Darkish Facet of the Ring. Now it’s time to go to the Darkish Facet of the Cage.
On Wednesday, VICE TV introduced that it will formally premiere a brand new ‘Dark Side’ sequence that may discover the extra notorious aspect of combined martial arts.
Contained in the cage, the fights are actual. Exterior of it, the tales are unreal.
VICE TV’s new sequence “Dark Side of the Cage” cuts via the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to disclose the never-before-told tales behind its most iconic fighters.
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“Inside the cage, the fights are real,” the official announcement reads. “Exterior of it, the tales are unreal. VICE TV’s new sequence ‘Dark Side of the Cage’ cuts via the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to disclose the never-before-told tales behind its most iconic fighters.
“The show dives into MMA’s most controversial and infamous events, with sit-down interviews from Nick Diaz, Diego Sanchez, Randy Couture, Georges St-Pierre, Ken Shamrock, and more. ‘Dark Side of the Cage’ premieres January 8 at 10P on VICE TV.”
Darkish Facet of the cage follows within the footsteps of VICE’s fashionable Professional Wrestling Collection
Based on the ultimate shot of the above trailer, there might be 9 episodes specializing in a few of the sports activities’ most polarizing figures, together with Evan Tanner, Kimbo Slice, Diego Sanchez, Jonathan Koppenhaver aka Conflict Machine, Nick Diaz, Ronda Rousey, and Matt Hughes.
There may even be episodes based mostly across the UFC’s long-running actuality TV sequence The Final Fighter and the rise and fall of PRIDE Combating Championship out of Japan.
VICE has beforehand produced 5 critically acclaimed seasons of Darkish Facet of the Ring, a sequence that focuses on a few of skilled wrestling’s largest controversies.
That was adopted by Darkish Facet of Soccer and the much less sports-centered Darkish Facet of Comedy, Actuality TV, 90s, and 2000s.