NEW YORK (Feb. 16, 2018) – Beginning Zoma manaraka, 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. SY 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 Feb. 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,” nanao hoe: Mark Fratto, Principal ny Linacre Media. “Fantatsika tsirairay, 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 Zoma, Feb. 23, with Fall River, Mass., Junior middleweight Ray Oliveira Jr. (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., za-draharaha 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., tompon-tany 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 Fito. 9 “Real Deal Promotions: Empire State” avy Resorts World Casino (225,000), ny volana Aogositra CES “Super Saturday” from Foxwoods (203,000), ny Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” from Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) nihoatra rehetra 150,000 hevitra, 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.
Ankoatra ny mpijery ny manta isa, ny feno-ifandrimbonana, fan-friendly productions have seen mihoatra ny 142,000 Lahatsoratra velona iombonana notarihin'ny (efa ho 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “tiany” na “tia,” mihoatra ny 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 isan-jato ny olona, 24 isan-jato ny vehivavy. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, izay mahafaoka eo ho eo 30.0 isan-jato ny mpanatrika, amin'ny eo ho eo.
The Fito. 9 “Real Deal Promotions: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 hevitra ary ny Fito. 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” seho mijoro avy amin'ny tsirairay 3,421 live hours of content viewed, raha ny Fito. 15 DiBella card saw mihoatra ny 40,000 mpijery fifandraisana including almost 39,000 “tiany” na “tia.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 mpankafy ary mihoatra noho ny 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 (
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BallWash (
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Ny zoma alina, Feb. 23, live from live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., mpankafy afaka manantena avo-fiantraikany, multi-fakan-tsary mivantana traikefa tanteraka amin'ny sary, fihetsik'ireo sary mihetsika, 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, mpaneho hevitra hanontany sy mamaly fanontaniana avy ao amin'ny Facebook mpijery nandritra ny fampitana.
Noforonin'i ary novokarin'ny Linacre Media avy any New York City, ny FIGHTNIGHT LIVE andian manasongadina mpandahateny matihanina, fakan-tsary lafiny maro, fahitalavitra sary, replays sy teo aoriany ny sehatra fidirana sy fanadinadinana. Ny mirohotra mampiseho misy na aiza na aiza eran Facebook tsy ampy. Ny fandraisana an-tanana tsy hoe manome fahafahana mpankafy manerana izao tontolo izao amin'ny miray feo ao, fa koa manome ny ho avy-ary-mpiady sehatra manerantany ho fisehosehoana ny fahaizany, manome mpanohana ny idirana “fampitana” vahaolana ary manome mpanohana ny fahafahana hahatratra ny mpihaino amin'ny alalan'ny marika faobe afa-po.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Winter / Lohataona 2018 daty amin'ny fomba ofisialy ho amin'ny andro ho avy dia nanambara herinandro.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Fa ny zava-nitranga farany Linacre Media sy ny fandaharana fandaharam-potoana, follow@LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
