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And then when you think of all the people that were grouped up making a Saturday night of it, with their friends and family and watching the fights, I mean, it's phenomenal. They're helping create a phenomenon. So it's exciting and they will continue to help the sport grow. They have a lot of vision. They have a lot of guts to take the first step of all the networks. Everyone else wanted to do it but nobody stepped up. CBS did and I think it's paying off for everybody. So we're happy to be partners with them.

John Navarro: What's the next big step we're going to see from CBS and SHOWTIME?

Doug DeLuca: Well, look, I don't think everything has to be a big step. Things can be baby steps as long as you are making forward progress and I think the big thing from CBS and SHOWTIME is that they are committed to the sport of mixed martial arts. SHOWTIME was the first premium cable channel to ever do mixed martial arts. And if you look at SHOWTIME and what they did in the boxing world -- I mean, they are a much smaller organization than HBO yet they compete head-to-head with them and they are synonymous with great boxing. And they saw the opportunity in martial arts so they wanted to be the first and they jumped in and now they're very supportive of that. I think CBS takes the same approach, They saw the opportunity, They believed in the sport and they said we're going to be first and we're going to do it right and we're going to continue to improve. I don't know what the next big thing will be, but I know we will continue to build on what we've started already and it'll just be great for the sport, the fans and the athletes.

John Navarro: When do you anticipate seeing a rematch between Cung Le and Frank Shamrock?

Doug DeLuca: Well, Frank … I don't even know if Frank's joined yet and if he ...

Frank Shamrock: I'm here.

Doug DeLuca: Hey, Frank. How are you?

Frank Shamrock: I'm good, fantastic, very excited. I'm sorry I'm late, everybody, and I apologize for stepping on your question, but I want to thank everyone for coming out. I was at the hospital getting my bone density scans for my arm, and I'll let everybody here be the first to know I'm cleared for combat so Cung Le or Scott Smith or whoever comes out as the victor, or Kimbo Slice, or whoever's been eating their Wheaties, they better keep eating them.

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