I-NEW YORK (Feb. 16, 2018) – Beginning NgoLwesihlanu olulandelayo, 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. KANYE 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,” wathi Mark Fratto, Amakhulu Linacre Abezindaba. “Siyazi nomunye, 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, Feb. 23, with Fall River, Mass., middleweight junior 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., 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., bomdabu 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 Isikhombisa. 9 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” kusukela Ezokungcebeleka Umhlaba Casino (225,000), August CES “Super Saturday” kusukela Foxwoods (203,000), i-Sept. CES “Twin River Twinbill” kusukela Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) zonke isipikili 150,000 ukubukwa, 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.
Ngaphezu okuluhlaza ukubukwa izinombolo, ngokugcwele-interactive, fan-friendly productions have seen ngaphezu kwe 142,000 collective bukhoma okuthunyelwe ukubandakanyeka (cishe 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “othanda,” ngaphezu kwe 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 amadoda amaphesenti, 24 amaphesenti abesifazane. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, okuyinto ihlanganisa cishe 30.0 amaphesenti izethameli, ngokwesilinganiso.
The Isikhombisa. 9 “Real Deal Amaphromoshini: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 ukubukwa kanye Isikhombisa. 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” umbukiso ivelele ngamunye 3,421 live hours of content viewed, kanti Isikhombisa. 15 DiBella card saw ngaphezu kwe 40,000 umbukeli ekusebenzisaneni including almost 39,000 “ukuthandwa” noma “uthanda.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 fans futhi ngaphezu 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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NgoLwesihlanu ebusuku, Feb. 23, live from live from Twin River Casino in Lincoln, R.I., abalandeli bangalindela anomthelela, multi-ikhamera ukusakaza kuphelile ihluzo, Opopayi, 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, Abahlaziyi uzokubuza futhi uphendule imibuzo esuka kuzithameli Facebook kulo ukusakaza.
Wadala futhi ezivezwa Linacre Abezindaba aphume-New York City, uchungechunge FIGHTNIGHT LIVE izici abasakazi lochwepheshe, engele ikhamera amaningi, ihluzo ithelevishini, replays nangemuva-the-izigcawu ukufinyelela futhi izingxoxo. The imibukiso asakazwayo ayatholakala jikelele nomaphi Facebook iyatholakala. Lo mkhankaso hhayi kuphela kwenza abalandeli ezivela emhlabeni wonke bashune, kodwa futhi kunikeza up-futhi-ozayo fighters platform global sikhangise amakhono abo, ukunika abagqugquzeli i kufinyeleleke “broadcast” isixazululo bese unikeza abaxhasi ikhono ukufinyelela izilaleli mass nge okuqukethwe uphawu.
Okuningi FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Winter / Spring 2018 izinsuku uzobe baziswa ngokomthetho emasontweni ezayo.
Follow all the action via social media at FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Facebook, @FaceFIGHTNIGHTLIVE on Instagram and@FIGHTNIGHTLIVE_ on Twitter, or by using the hashtag #FIGHTNIGHTLIVE. Ukuze zakamuva Linacre Abezindaba imicimbi kanye ukusakaza isimiso, follow@LinacreMedia across all social platforms or use the tags #LinacreMediaEvents or #LinacreMediaOnTV.
