May 14, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Image Entertainment, Inc. (OTC: DISK), an independent home entertainment distributor, said it has signed a long-term distribution agreement with World Extreme Cagefighting.

According to Image, the agreement allows the company the exclusive US and Canadian DVD and Blu-Ray rights for select WEC fights.

The WEC brand is a mixed martial arts organization in the United States. WEC, founded in 2001, is the sister organization of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and features light weight fighters.

Nevada-based WEC produces live and taped events annually that are distributed through the Versus network.

Image plans to release its first title under the deal, “Aldo vs. Faber”, on July 20, 2010, following the pay-per-view event held on April 24, 2010 in Sacramento, California.

California-based Image Entertainment is an independent licensee and distributor of entertainment programming in North America, with around 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and around 340 exclusive CD titles in domestic release and around 400 programs internationally via sublicense agreements.

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