NEW YORK (Februari. 20, 2018) – Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE continues its tripleheader weekend with a Murphys Boxing matinee på lördag, live from the Mohegan Sun Ballroom in Connecticut. Fight fans from across the nation and around the globe can catch an outstanding card with international appeal on any device wherever Facebook is available from 3-7 p.m., brought to fans by the promotion born out of the Dropkick Murphys popular Celtic punk band.

“Times are changing for boxing just like streaming changed music. With the built-in audiences we have we are reaching a higher viewership with our streams than many of the televised fight cards are these days. We are proud of the fights we are putting on and the big audiences we are drawing, and it’s great for our fighters to get the exposure,” sa Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys Frontman and President and Founder, Murphys Boxning.

Recently hitting the 1,000,000 views mark, Lördag afternoon’s show continues FIGHTNIGHT LIVE’s historic Februari. 23-24 back-to-back-to-back Fredag och Lördag shows spanning from the casinos of New England to the Boardwalk of Atlantic City. The Dropkick Murphys are live in concert at Mohegan Sun Arena for fans onsite after Murphys Boxing, but ringside access on the Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE channel takes viewers to the Jersey Shore after the closing bell in Uncasville, Conn.

“We’re excited about Lördag, and also to begin a two-fight promotion with Murphys Boxing,” sa Mark Fratto, Rektor Linacre Media. “The card is filled with undefeated up-and-comers with international appeal, and Facebook is a terrific medium to deliver these great fights and outstanding athletes to a global audience. We’re thrilled that the Murphys are part of the action and can’t wait to hoist a pint with them during our St. Patrick’s Day show in Boston as well.”

Murphys Boxing action at Mohegan Sun på lördag afternoon features a battle for the WBA-NABA light heavyweight title between undefeated Charles Foster (14-0, 8 Kos) New Haven, Conn. och Justin Thomas (19-3, 7 Kos) of Baton Rouge, Den. A bevy of unbeaten battlers will be featured on a packed undercard that includes heavyweight Niall Kennedy (10-0, 6 Kos), superfjäder William Foster III (4-0, 3 Kos), super mellanvikt Carlos Gongora (10-0, 8 Kos), superfjäder Abraham Nova (9-0, 8 Kos) and super lightweight Ray Jay Bermudez (2-0, 1 KO).

Over the first nine-plus months of programming, the numbers on the 12-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series have showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of close to 90,000 fight fans tuning in per event and more than one-million fans served.

Den Sju. 9 “Real Deal Promotions: Empire State” från Resorts World Casino (225,000), augusti CES “Super Lördag” från Foxwoods (203,000), Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” från Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) alla toppade 150,000 visningar, and collectively the 12-show series saw a total of more than 21,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 1,067,435-plus users across all devices.

Utöver de råa tittandet numren, det fullt interaktiva, fan-friendly productions have seen mer än 142,000 kollektiva levande placera uppdrag (nästan 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “gillar” eller “älskar,” mer än 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.

FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 procent män, 24 procent kvinnor. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, som omfattar approximativt 30.0 procent av publiken, i genomsnitt.

Den Sju. 9 “Real Deal Promotions: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 visningar och Sju. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. The Feb. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly Fight Night” show sticker ut individuellt med 3,421 live hours of content viewed, medan Sju. 15 DiBella card saw mer än 40,000 tittar interaktioner including almost 39,000 “gillar” eller “älskar.”

The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 fläktar och mer än 82,000 followers. And Facebook itself has taken notice – the world’s No. 1 social network recently profiled FIGHTNIGHT LIVE on its “Success Stories” media blog, noting the series’ use of industry best practices for production and interactivity: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight

Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has been delivered to fans absolutely free since its May 2017 launch courtesy of series corporate partners like Elite Heat Water, Montauk Iced Tea (montaukbev.com), Mr. Custom Made(mrcustommade.com) och BallWash (ballwash.com).

På lördag eftermiddag, Februari. 24, live from live from Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Conn., fans kan förvänta sig en stor genomslagskraft, flera kameror streaming upplevelse komplett med grafik, animationer, repriser, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Vladimir Lik of The RING, Round By Round Boxing and the Russian language newspaper Russkaya Reklama, och analytiker Xavier Porter of BrooklynFights.com and Notorious Boxing. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, kommentatorer kommer att be och svara på frågor från Facebook publiken hela sändningen.

Skapad och producerad av Linacre Media av New York City, den FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serien har professionella announcers, flera kameravinklar, TV grafik, repriser och bakom-kulisserna-tillgång och intervjuer. De strömmade visar är tillgängliga globalt varhelst Facebook är tillgängligt. Initiativet inte bara gör det möjligt för fans från hela världen för att ställa in, men ger också up-and-coming kämpar en global plattform för att visa upp sina förmågor, ger promotorer en tillgänglig “sändning” lösning och ger sponsorer möjlighet att nå en masspublik via branded content.

Mer FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Winter / Spring 2018 datum kommer att tillkännages officiellt under de kommande veckorna.

FIGHTNIGHT LIVE finns online på: https://www.facebook.com/FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE/

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