King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, USA.

KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters.

KOTC has promoted a majority of its events at Native American casinos throughout the United States. KOTC also promotes events in Canada, Australia & Japan.

In September 2007, Mr. Trebilcock sold KOTC to ProElite. Two years later, in July 2009, he reacquired 100% ownership of KOTC and simultaneously entered into a joint venture agreement with Mark Burnett Productions ("Survivor", "Apprentice", "Celebrity Apprentice" and "The Contender") to begin the development of various reality television platforms for KOTC. Bully Beatdown, a Burnett produced program, is currently in its third season on MTV and features many KOTC competitors. King of The Cage events are also broadcast on most national pay-per-view platforms.

On January 30, 2010, it was announced that KOTC would begin airing monthly shows on Mark Cuban's HDNet channel. The initial deal was for 36 events to air. The announcers will be Michael Schiavello, Jason "Mayhem" Miller and Maria Kanellis. The most recent event on HDNet aired on September 17th, 2010 with No Mercy. There has been no further news regarding King of the Cage events on the channel. Only 6 events aired from February 2010 to September 2010.

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King Of... is a television comedy talk show made by Big Talk Productions for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 17 June 2011 and is hosted by Claudia Winkleman. The show also has two celebrity guests and a studio audience. The guests discuss what is the 'king of' various categories.

On 24 June 2011, Channel 4 announced that King Of... was to be cut short due to Winkleman's pregnancy. The final 2 episodes, with Ruby Wax & Johnny Vegas and Billie Piper, will not be recorded.

Sean Gray is a British comedy writer and director. He is a member of the writing team of the Armando Iannucci-created television series The Thick Of It and Time Trumpet and the radio series Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive. He is also creator of 'iGod' - an apocalyptic Radio 4 comedy series starring David Soul and Simon Day.

In 2010, he wrote and directed the award-winning short film, 'Bistro'. The film stars Peter Capaldi and Alex Macqueen.

Gray was also the researcher on Iannucci's Oscar-nominated film In The Loop. During a trip to Washington, he and Iannucci reportedly managed to get into the US State Department using their BBC passes, prompting acting spokesman Robert Wood to later issue a statement and the State Department to conduct "a complete review of their security procedures".

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Purcell was involved in cheerleading, dance and competitive gymnastics throughout her early teens. She later quit gymnastics and took up Martial Arts. At the age of 17, she was introduced to Tae Kwon Do and this later introduced her to kickboxing, boxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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Purcell signed a three-fight deal with Elite XC. Her first fight was against Rosi Sexton at ShoXC: Suganuma vs. Hamman II on August 15, 2008. Purcell lost the fight by Split Decision.

Purcell currently fights for women to be on the UFC and also women rights