NEW YORK (Jan. 16, 2018) – Beginning ana sabanjuré, 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. Lan 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 Jr. 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 Jan. 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,” ngandika Mark Fratto, Principal saka Linacre Media. “Kita ngerti saben liyane, 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 Ana, Jan. 23, with Fall River, Massa., middleweight junior Ray Oliveira Jr. (9-1, 1 KO) headlining for the first time in his career and vying for the World Boxing Union (JTO) Super Welterweight Canadian-American-Mexican (CAM) Championship in an eight-round showdown against New Haven, Conn., Veteran 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., native 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.
Ing Pitu. 9 “Promosi Real Deal: Kakaisaran State” saka Resorts World Casino (225,000), Agustus CES “Super Saturday” saka Foxwoods (203,000), ing Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” saka Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) kabeh paling ndhuwur 150,000 views, 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.
Saliyane ing nomer viewership mentahan, kanthi-interaktif, fan-friendly productions have seen luwih saka 142,000 bebarengan engagements kirim urip (saklawasé 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “likes” utawa “tresna,” luwih saka 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 persen wong, 24 persen wanita. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, kang nyakup kira-kira 30.0 persen para rawuh, ing rata-rata.
Ing Pitu. 9 “Promosi Real Deal: Kakaisaran State” set a new bar with 224,658 views lan Pitu. 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” gambar stands metu individu karo 3,421 live hours of content viewed, nalika Pitu. 15 DiBella card saw luwih saka 40,000 interaksi panampil including almost 39,000 “likes” utawa “tresna.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 pembuangan lan luwih saka 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) lan
BallWash (
ballwash.com).
Nalika wengi Jumat, Jan. 23, live from live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., pembuangan bisa nyana-impact dhuwur, multi-kamera pengalaman streaming lengkap karo grafis, animasi, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Michael Woods 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, commentators bakal takon lan nanggapi pitakonan saka para rawuh Facebook saindhenging Broadcast ing.
Digawe lan diprodhuksi dening Linacre Media metu saka New York City, seri FIGHTNIGHT LIVE fitur announcers profesional, ngarepke kamera kaping, grafis televisi, replays lan konco-ing-pemandangan akses lan pitakonan. Nuduhake ngalir kasedhiya global ngendi Facebook cumawis. Inisiatif ora mung mbisakake pembuangan saka sak donya kanggo nyetel ing, nanging uga menehi pejuang munggah-lan-teka platform global kanggo pertunjukan kabisan, menehi promotor lan diakses “Broadcast” solusi lan menehi sponsor kemampuan kanggo entuk penonton massa liwat isi branded.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Winter / Spring 2018 tanggal bakal resmi announced ing minggu teka.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Kanggo acara Linacre Media paling anyar lan jadwal siaran, follow@LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
