Fight Girls | |
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Opening theme | "Fingerprints" by Katy Perry |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | Oxygen |
Release | June 12 – July 27, 2007 |
Fight Girls is an Oxygen original reality television series that spun off from a 2006 special which documented seven female fighters' attempts at winning a championship. The initial special aired on August 7, 2006 and the series premiered June 12, 2007. Fight Girls is produced by Scott Messick and Tom Weber. [1]
Similar in spirit to Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter, ten female fighters live together and train with a Muay Thai instructor in Las Vegas for six weeks in an effort to fight for a Muay Thai championship in Thailand. The group of women is narrowed down to five via a three-round fight between house mates set up by the head trainer. The losing fighter is eliminated from the house and the winner will go to Thailand at the end of the season. The theme song for Fight Girls is "Fingerprints" by Katy Perry.
Episode 1 - Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Air date June 12, 2007)
Episode 2 - Hungry Like The Wolf (Air date June 19, 2007)
Episode 3 - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Air date June 26, 2007)
Episode 4 - Breaking Us In Two (Air date July 10, 2007)
Episode 5 - Another One Bites The Dust (Air date July 17, 2007)
Episode 6 - Revenge (Air date July 24, 2007)
Episode 7 - Hurts So Good (Air date July 31, 2007)
After The Show
Critical reaction to the show is mixed. Randee Dawn of The Hollywood Reporter says of the show, "A documentary [as opposed to a reality TV program] might have even explored the whiff of dilettantism hanging over the amateurs: To Thai women with limited career opportunities, Muay Thai is a way of life. For Americans, it's a means to opening a gym." Gail Pennington of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch claims Fight Girls the pick of the night for Monday (the program originally airing on Monday, August 7, 2006), but notes, "Summer can't last forever," indicating that Fight Girls is merely the best of a lackluster evening. [ permanent dead link ]
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