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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Owned Entertainment Announces Partnerships With IMMAE And MMA Jacked

Courtesy of Owned Entertainment, Inc.:

AUSTIN, Texas, June. 12, 2008— Owned Entertainment, Inc. announced today several updates regarding the MMA reality show currently titled "MMA Legacy." Owned Entertainment President, James Hergott, has been named Senior Vice President of Media & Entertainment for IMMAE. IMMAE (Immae.tv) is the premier MMA Expo for the sport and recently announced Tito Ortiz, Tim Sylvia and several top MMA companies' involvement in the August 1st through 3rd show at the Long Beach Convention Center. Over the upcoming weeks IMMAE will be announcing approximately a dozen major mixed martial arts fighters who will be involved with the expo.

Additionally, Owned has partnered with MMA Jacked (MMAjacked.com) which is the fastest growing MMA website, currently receiving about one million views per month. Chris Greenman, partner Brian James and popular UFC Fighter Chuck Liddell developed MMA Jacked in order to provide fans and fighters with a fully interactive MMA community. Chris will be featured on the show and there will be a number of big name fighter cameos. MMA Jacked recently opened a gym in Livermore, California.

"MMA Legacy" will chronicle a select group of established fighters, upcoming fighters as well as several people involved in the behind the scenes of the business side of MMA. The show is being Executive Produced by Jason Chambers, MMA fighter and Host of the History Channel's "Human Weapon." Joanne of MMAgirls.net has been announced as part of the cast. IMMAE founder Tamara Suguitan (Miss Rara) will also be featured on the show. Additionally, Owned and IMMAE will be looking to employ fighters, MMA professionals and other MMA personalities to both be involved with the expo, as well as be featured on the show. There will be a number of high profile cameos from both MMA Fighters as well as various MMA businesses. Training scenes will be filmed at Big John McCarthy's Ultimate Training Academy in Valencia, California (http://www.bjmuta.com/). Auditions will be held at Big John's, June 22 starting at 1:00 PM. During auditions we will be looking for the following:

-Established Fighters
-Upcoming Fighters
-MMA Professionals
-Attractive Girls/Female models/Ring Girl types to be hired to work the show and/or the expo

Additional information as well as submission via email has been set up on ownedentertainment.com or you may contact Jenna at Jenna@ownedentertainment.com. Both Owned and IMMAE are looking for interns and production assistants wanting to be involved in MMA either through the show or expo. Those who submit should live in the Southern California area and have a love and appreciation for the sport. Our goal is to give positive exposure to the sport, its fighters, and the various MMA companies involved behind the scenes.

About Owned Entertainment

Owned Entertainment, Inc. engages in investing, producing, and distributing full-length feature films as well as TV projects, video games, and other entertainment entities. Along with its controlling equity interest in 'All That I Need,' released in theatres December 2005, there are several other projects in the making, including: 'The Other Side' and 'Descendant,' written by Damir Catic and Eric Alfio, the MMA movie 'Own3D' by James Hergott, 'Brothers' by Tarquin Gotch (whose credits include 'Home Alone,' 'Curly Sue,' 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off'), and a reality show set in the world of MMA, Executive Produced by Eric Alfio, which will be filmed in California this summer. Owned Entertainment, Inc.'s mission is to produce high quality and highly enjoyable feature films that will be widely distributed in the mainstream media markets. The corporate offices for Owned Entertainment, Inc. reside in Austin, Texas and Southern California. Owned has several MMA partnership including IMMAE (immae.tv), the premier MMA expo, MMA-Underground.com, a subsidiary of the LA Times and various Tribunes, The No Holds Barred Show (www.thenhbshow.com), which broadcasts live Sunday nights on Sirius satellite ch. 122 and 56 affiliates FM/AM nationwide as well as American Forces Network and MMAjacked.com which is the fastest growing MMA website.

CONTACT:
Owned Entertainment, Inc.
James Hergott, President
512-284-7888
james@ownedentertainment.com
info@ownedentertainment.com
www.ownedentertainment.com