NEW YORK (Feb. 16, 2018) – Beginning latelang Labohlano, 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. LE 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 Refresh. 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, Katha.
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,” a re Mark Fratto, Ba ka sehloohong ba Linacre Media. “Rea tseba mong ho e mong, 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 Labohlano, Feb. 23, with Fall River, Boima., boraro a middleweight Ray Oliveira Refresh. (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., 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., habo 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 Supa. 9 “Real Sebetsana phahamiswa: Empire State” ho tloha Resorts World Casino (225,000), ea August CES “Super Saturday” ho tloha Foxwoods (203,000), le Sept. CES “Mafahla River Twinbill” ho tloha Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) tsohle topped 150,000 maikutlo a, 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.
, Ho phaella ho linomoro tala viewership, le ka botlalo-letlang, fan-friendly productions have seen ho feta 142,000 kopanetsweng u phele tsa mesebetsi ea poso (hoo e ka bang 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “ago likes” kapa “o rata,” ho feta 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 liphesente tse banna, 24 liphesente tse basali. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, eo akarelletsa hoo e ka bang 30.0 etsang liphesente tse bamameli, ka karolelano.
The Supa. 9 “Real Sebetsana phahamiswa: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 maikutlo a le Supa. 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” bontša ikhethang le batho ka bomong le 3,421 live hours of content viewed, ha a ntse a le Supa. 15 DiBella card saw ho feta 40,000 ditshebeditsano shebang including almost 39,000 “ago likes” kapa “ba ratang.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 Fans le fetang 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,
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Ka Labohlano bosiu, Feb. 23, live from live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., Fans ka lebella phahameng-tshusumetso, selotlolo khamera boiphihlelo content ka ho feletseng le Grafiken, ditshwan, 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, Bahlalosi ba tla botsa le ho araba lipotso tse ho tswa ho bamameli ba Facebook ho pholletsa le hasoa ka.
Bōpileng 'me le hlahisa ka ho Linacre Media tsoa New York City, le FIGHTNIGHT LIVE letoto la lihlooho tse bontšang ba phatlalatsa hore litsebi, dikhutloteng multiple khamera, a thelevishene grafiken, replays le ka morao-le-litšoantšo fihlella le lipuisano. The e bontsa phalletseng di a fumaneha lefatšeng ka bophara kae kapa kae moo Facebook e fumaneha. Boikhathatso se feela thusa hore Fans tsoang lefatšeng lohle ho Tune ka, empa e boetse e fana ho fihlela-and-tla ralitima sethala lefatše ho showcase bokhoni ba bona, fana ka buellang e fihlellwe “hasa” tharollo le fana batsehetsi khona ho finyella bamameli ba boima ka tsela dikahare le diselefounu tsa.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Mariha / Spring 2018 matlha a tla ka molao o ile a phatlalatsa ka libeke tse tlang.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Bakeng sa morao-rao liketsahalo Linacre Media le hasoa kemiso ea, follow@LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
