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NEW YORK (Sept. 6, 2018) – After a 17-show inaugural campaign that attracted 84,000 views per event and nearly 1.5 Lab views rau koob, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE next turns the corner to year two, looking to build upon its meteoric rise. Season II of the interactive and free fight series opens in the Fighting City of Philadelphia on Friday, Sept. 14, with an action-packed King’s Boxing card live from 2300 Arena.
The fan-friendly series that – among other aspects – prides itself on the real-time conversations held between fight commentators and the viewing audience showcased more than 300 fighters during 17 live event broadcasts in its first 12 months. In doing so, the interactive platform has generated the loyal interest of fight fans from across the United States and around the globe, including significant audiences in Mexico, the United Kingdom and other parts of Europe, and even fans in South America, Asia and Australia.
“We are extremely proud of what FIGHTNIGHT LIVE accomplished since May 2017. We’ve had 17 shows originating from New York, Boston, Atlantic City, Philadelphia, New England, Phoenix and America’s Heartland, where many different promotions gained an incredible amount of exposure via this exciting, truly social platform. To be able to have several events where more than 150,000 people have tuned in only scratches the surface on the market interest for these events, and we are ready to take FIGHTNIGHT LIVE to the next level in year two,” Hais Mark Fratto, Principal and Director of Business Development, Linacre Media.
“Beyond the numbers, we’re really pleased with the way the shows have been presented and produced,” Fratto continued. “We’ve been able to showcase more than 300 up-and-coming fighters to fight fans all over the world, and help them expand their bases. And we’ve been able to invite our viewers to be part of the action by fostering real-time interaction between our broadcasters and viewers on the fight activity, the decisions and the knockouts; it’s the next-best thing to having a ringside seat.”
“King’s Promotions is very excited to be working with Mark and the FIGHTNIGHT LIVE team,” Hais Marshall Kauffman of King’s Boxing, the eleventh promoter FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has showcased over its first 18 shows. “I believe we will bring the best-quality boxing to FIGHTNIGHT LIVE.”
Nyob rau hauv cov kev tshwm sim loj, rising super middleweight prospect, Brandon “B-Rob” Robinson (10-1, 7 KOs) steps up in class when he takes on knockout artist Ernest Amuzu (24-3, 22 KOs), originally from Ghana. Also on the bill, undefeated three-time Olympian Anvar Yunusov (4-0, 1 KO) takes on 21-fight veteran Angel Monreal (10-10-1, 3 KOs). Other undefeated fighters seeing action will be Shyngyskhan Tazhibay (6-0, 2 KOs), Daiyann Butt (1-0), Alejandro Jimenez (2-0, 1 KO),Chrystian Peguero (2-0, 1 KO) thiab Keeshawn Williams (2-0-1, 1 KO).
Now at more than 1.4 Lab views rau koob, FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has continued to deliver impressive numbers throughout its rookie season, which included seven live shows in the first five months of 2018:
- Over the first 11 months of Season I programming, the numbers on the 17-show FIGHTNIGHT LIVE series showed promise and potential for the new platform with an average of 83,714 fight fans tuning in per event and more than 1.4 Kiv cua lab (million) tus kiv cua txais kev pab.
- The Sept. 9 “Tiag Deal Promotions: Faj Tim Teb Chaws Xeev” Ntawm Resorts ntiaj teb Casino (225,000), Lub yim hli ntuj CES “Super Saturday” Ntawm Foxwoods (203,000), Sept. CES “ntxaib ntxaib Ntxaib Ntxaib” Ntawm Lincoln, R.I.. (157,000) thiab lub peb hlis ntuj 17 Murphy tus “Me nyuam. Patrick lub hnub Clash” (150,001) tag nrho logged 150,000 los yog ntau views, and collectively the 17-show series has seen a total of more than 30,000 Tag nrho cov sij hawm facebook yees duab noj los ntawm 1,423,132 Cov neeg siv thoob tag nrho li lawm.
- In addition to the raw viewership numbers, sib tham sib tham, kiv cua-tus phooj ywg ntau lawm tau pom ntau tshaj 173,000 collective nyob post engagements(ntau tshaj 10,200 yeeb yam), nrog rau ntau tshaj 116,000 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub,” almost 30,000 comments and nearly 10,000 shares.
- FIGHTNIGHT NYOB broadcasts yog saib los ntawm76 feem pua, 24 feem pua cov poj niam. The top demographic is comprised ofmales ages 25-34, uas encompasses kwv yees li ntawm 30.0 Feem pua ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib, thaj tsam li.
- The Sept. 9 “Tiag Deal Promotions: Faj Tim Teb Chaws Xeev” teeb ib bar tshiab nrog 224,658 viewsand the Sept. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader ris koob rau peb lub quarters-ntawm-ib-vam views xwb plaub lub hlis. The Feb. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly sib ntaus hmo ntuj” qhia stands tawm ib lub zuj zus nrog 3,421 live hours of content viewed, while the Sept. 15 DiBella card pom ntau tshaj 40,000 viewer kev sib tshuam xws li yuav luag 39,000 “nyiam” los sis “Hlub” thiab lub peb hlis ntuj 17 Murphy tus “Me nyuam. Patrick lub hnub Clash” set a new high-water mark for shares with 2,182.
- Tus FIGHTNIGHT NYOB nplooj ntawv rau Facebook muaj ntau tshaj 79,000 fans and more than 82,000 followers. Thiab Facebook nws tus kheej tau noj daim ntawv ceeb toom – Neeg ntiaj teb tsis tau. 1 Kev network nyuam qhuav profiled FIGHTNIGHT NYOB RAU ntawm nws “Dab neeg kawm tau zoo” tawm blog, ntsoov teev koob’ Siv kev lag luam zoo tshaj plaws rau ntau lawm thiab interactivity: https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight
Tsim thiab ua los ntawm Linacre Media tawm hauv New York City, TUS FIGHTNIGHT NYOB series nta kev tshaj tawm, koob yees duab, nraaj, replays thiab qab-tus-scenes saib thiab sib tham. Tus streamed qhia tau hais tias muaj nyob ntiaj teb no qhov twg Facebook muaj nyob. Cov teg num tsis tsuas enables kiv cua ntawm thoob ntiaj teb qhib rau, Tiam sis kuj muab up-and-coming fighters lub ntiaj teb no platform showcase lawv peev xwm, muab promoters ib accessible “tshaj tawm hauv xov” Cov tshuaj thiab muab sponsors muaj peev xwm mus cuag ib pawg neeg tuaj saib ntawm branded ntsiab lus.
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