NEW YORK (-Ahụ. 16, 2018) – Beginning Friday na-esonụ, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE serves up tripleheader action inside the squared circle. To open the weekend, the fan-friendly boxing and MMA streaming service partners once again with renowned promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. for a red-hot CES Boxing card to start the boxing year in New England. Fans from across the globe can catch all the action beginning at 8 p.m. NA live from Twin River Casino in Rhode Island on any device wherever Facebook is available.
“This is an exciting main event between two deserving championship contenders and there’s no better partner than FIGHTNIGHT LIVE to provide fight fans all around the globe a front-row seat to the action. Ray Oliveira Obere. has paid his dues though the years while other fighters in New England have had the opportunity to see their name in lights. Now he gets his shot to headline for the first time in his career while competing for his first championship,” said Burchfield, SR.
Recently hitting the 1,000,000 views mark, Friday’s show rings the opening bell on FIGHTNIGHT LIVE’s -Ahụ. 23-24 back-to-back-to-back Friday and Saturday shows spanning from the casinos of New England to the Boardwalk of Atlantic City.
“At this point, CES and FIGHTNIGHT LIVE are family,” kwuru Mark Fratto, Isi nke Linacre Media. “Anyị maara onye ọ bụla ọzọ, we love working on shows with the Burchfield and CES Family and have relationships with the promoters and fighters that extend long past the bell. These are great people and great athletes and we’re excited as always to give them a platform to showcase their talent and tell their stories. What a great way to open a jam-packed weekend of Facebook fights.”
CES Boxing kicks off the 2018 Twin River Casino Fight Series on Friday, -Ahụ. 23, with Fall River, Mas., keobere middleweight Ray Oliveira Obere. (9-1, 1 Ko) headlining for the first time in his career and vying for the World Boxing Union (WBU) Super Welterweight Canadian-American-Mexican (CAM) Championship in an eight-round showdown against New Haven, Conn., vetiran Edwin Soto (11-2-2, 4 Kos), plus a six-round heavyweight co-feature between Sicilian Juiseppe Cusumano (13-1, 11 Kos) and battle-tested Pittsburgh, Pa., ala Fred Latham (9-1-2, 5 Kos).
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.
The Asaa. 9 “Real Deal n'ọkwá: alaeze Ukwu State” si Resorts World cha cha (225,000), na August CES “Super Saturday” si Foxwoods (203,000), na Sept. CES “Ejima River Twinbill” si Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) niile topped 150,000 echiche, 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.
Na mgbakwunye na raw viewership nọmba, zuru-mmekọrịta, fan-friendly productions have seen karịrị 142,000 mkpokọta ndụ post engagements (fọrọ nke nta 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “amasị” ma ọ bụ “hụrụ n'anya n'anya,” karịrị 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 percent ikom, 24 percent inyom. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, nke na-agụnye ihe dị 30.0 percent nke na-ege ntị, na nkezi.
The Asaa. 9 “Real Deal n'ọkwá: alaeze Ukwu State” set a new bar with 224,658 echiche na Asaa. 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 guzo n'otu n'otu na 3,421 live hours of content viewed, mgbe Asaa. 15 DiBella card saw karịrị 40,000 ekiri interactions including almost 39,000 “amasị” ma ọ bụ “hụrụ n'anya n'anya.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 Fans na ihe karịrị 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:
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) na
BallWash (
ballwash.com).
On Friday n'abalị, -Ahụ. 23, live from live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., Fans nwere ike na-atụ anya a elu-mmetụta, multi-igwefoto gụgharia ahụmahụ zuru ezu na ndịna, eserese, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Michael n'ọhịa of the TalkBox Podcast, NYFights.com and The Ring and analyst Xavier Porter of BrooklynFights.com and Notorious Boxing. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, nkọwa ga-ajụ na-azaghachi ajụjụ si Facebook ege ntị ofụri na agbasa ozi n'ikuku.
Kere na-emepụta site Linacre Media nke New York City, na FIGHTNIGHT LIVE usoro atụmatụ ọkachamara announcers, multiple igwefoto akụkụ, telivishọn ndịna, replays na n'azụ na-Mpaghara ohere na ajụjụ ọnụ. The streamed na-egosi dị ụwa n'ebe ọ bụla Facebook dị. Ụzọ bụghị nanị na-enyere Fans si gburugburu ụwa na-akụ na, ma na-enye elu-and-abịa alụso a zuru ụwa ọnụ n'elu ikpo okwu ngosi ha ikike, enye akwalite ihe inweta “na agbasa ozi n'ikuku” ngwọta na-enye haziri nzukọ ike iru a uka na-ege ntị site na-ewere ọdịnaya.
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Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. N'ihi na ndị ọhụrụ Linacre Media ihe na agbasa ozi n'ikuku oge, follow@LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
