DIBELLA ENTERTAINMENT AND FIGHTNIGHT LIVE PARTNER TO DELIVER SEPT. 15 “BROADWAY BOXINGSHOW ON FACEBOOK

Fan-friendly, interactive platform joins forces with long-running fight series live from Foxwoods pa Lachisanu.
NEW YORK (Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 13, 2017) – After attracting more than 200,000 viewers in each of its last two shows, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT moyo continues its September programming by aligning with one of the longest-running fight series anywhere. The tech-forward, fan-friendly Facebook broadcast platform now partners with DiBella Entertainment to deliver the next edition of the promotion’s “Broadway Maseŵera a nkhonya,” live from Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

I am thrilled to bring Broadway Boxing to such a wide-reaching social media platform as Facebook via FightNight LIVE,” anati Lou DiBella, Pulezidenti wa DiBella Entertainment. “We are streaming the entire card for free and will have a terrific team of commentators calling the action, with Showtime’s Corey Erdman, boxing/MMA star Heather Hardy, and Hartford, Connecticut’s former world title challenger John Scully. Viewers will be treated to a great lineup featuring New England heavyweight champion Alexis Santos facing Ireland’s Niall Kennedy mu waukulu chochitika, along with middleweight contender Ievgen Khytrov, popular female fighter Shelly Vincent, East Hartford’s Mykquan Williams and other local talent on the undercard.

Headlining the night in a 10-round heavyweight battle of local rivals, Alexis Santos (18-1, 15 Ko), a Lawrence, Misa., clashes with Ireland’s Niall Kennedy (8-0, 5 Ko), fighting out of Boston, Misa. Co-promoted by DiBella Entertainment and Fight Promotions Inc., middleweight Woyesana IevgenThe Ukranian Lion” Khytrov (14-1, 12 Ko), wa Brooklyn, N.Y., battles upset-minded specialist Derrick “Chitsulo” Findley (27-21-1, 18 Ko), of Gary, Ind., over eight rounds in the co-main event. New England fan favorite “Chododometsa” Mykquan Williams (7-0, 4 Ko), of East Hartford, Conn., will return against battle-tested Evincii Dixon, wa Lancaster, Penn., over six rounds. In a special feature attraction women’s eight-round junior lightweight battle, Shelly “Shelito a Way” Vincent(19-1, 1 KO) mabwalo kumbali yolimbana AngelNonstopGladney (9-12-1, 6 Ko).

We’ve seen Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE grow into a truly global platform over the first five months, and we’re pleased that so many promoters have taken notice. Lachisanu card with DiBella Entertainment features quality bouts with international standouts and regional stars, and we’re excited that a long-running, high-quality series like Broadway Boxing has found a new home on Facebook,” anati Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, Linacre Media.

Over the first five months of programming, the numbers on the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of more than 113,000 fight fans tuning in per event. The Sept. 9 “Real Pezani Zokwezedwa: ufumu State” kuchokera Resorts World Casino (224,658), the August “Super Loweruka” kuchokera Foxwoods (203,000), the July Roy Jones Jr. “Desert Showdown” ku Phoenix (63,000), the MaySlugfest at the Sunfrom Mohegan Sun (45,000) and the JuneRosemont Rumble” ku Chicago (32,000) saw a total of more than 12,700 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 567,000-plus users across all devices.

Kuwonjezera pa manambala yaiwisi viewership, nazonso-zokambirana, fan-friendly productions have seen more than 71,000 gulu moyo engagements positi (14,000-kuphatikiza pa chiwonetsero), kuphatikizapo zoposa 40,400 “amakonda” kapena “amakonda,” kuposa 10,300 comments and 3,200-plus shares. FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 peresenti amuna, 24 peresenti akazi. The top demographic is comprised of males aged 25-34, lomwe limalamulira pafupifupi 30 peresenti ya omvetsera, pafupifupi.

The Sept. 9 “Real Pezani Zokwezedwa: ufumu State” set a new bar with 224,658 views and carried the series to over half-a-million views in just under four months, while the Aug. 26 Foxwoods “Super Loweruka” amasonyeza chionekera payekha ndi 201,935 views across 3,336 live hours of content, ndi 8,224 viewer interactions including 1,133 “amakonda” kapena “amakonda,” 1,570 comments and 1,392 shares.

Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017 launch courtesy of corporate partners like Barbour One 9, Talent Management and Entertainment Production (www.barbourone9.com) and Northeastern Fine Jewelry (www.nefj.com).

Pa Lachisanu usiku, Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 15, live from Foxwoods, mafani angayembekezere mkulu-amadza, Mipikisano kamera zinachitikira kusonkhana wathunthu zithunzi, makanema ojambula pamanja, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Corey Erdman of Showtime, VICE Boxing Scene. Erdman will be joined on the show by former world-ranked light heavyweight “Iceman” John Scully, Brooklyn’s own WBC International Female Female Super Bantamweight titleholder Heather “Kutentha” Hardy and DiBella himself as analysts. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, ndemanga ndidzapempha ndi kuyankha mafunso kuchokera kwa omvetsera Facebook mu kulengeza kwa.

Analengedwa ndi opangidwa ndi Linacre Media kuchoka ku New York City, ndi FIGHTNIGHT moyo mndandanda zimaonetsa kuti analengeza akatswiri, kumathandiza kupeza ngodya zabwino angapo kamera, yakanema zithunzi, replays ndi kumbuyo-ndi-zithunzi mwayi ndi zoyankhulana. The mapulogalamu akukhamukira zilipo lonse kulikonse Facebook akupezeka. The kanthu osati chimathandiza mafani padziko lonse kwa khutu, koma limaperekanso mmwamba-ndi-akubwera omenyana nsanja lonse akuonetsa luso lawo, amapereka ochirikiza ndi Kufikika “kuulutsidwa” njira ndi amapereka othandizira luso kufika omvera misa kudzera zili kuwasindikiza.

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