NEW YORK (March 14, 2018) – Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE has something for everyone tenei Rāhoroi as the fan-friendly and completely FREE platform celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in Boston with the Dropkick Murphys and Murphys Boxing. Music fans and fight fans from across the nation and around the globe can catch the Dropkick Murphys in concert and an outstanding card with international appeal on any device wherever Facebook is available from 7-10 p.m., brought to fans by the promotion born out of the Dropkick Murphys popular Celtic punk band.
Following the three-hour FREE show – featuring Dropkick Murphys music, fighter interviews and four free bouts live from the House of Blues adjacent to Fenway Park – fans can tune into the iN Demand, Vubiquity, DISH and the FITE.TV app for four more pay-per-view fights and a live acoustic set from the band. Canadian fight fans can tune in via Super Channel.
“Times are changing for boxing just like streaming changed music. We are proud of the fights we are putting on and the big audiences we are drawing, and it’s great for our fighters to get the exposure,” mea Ken Casey, Dropkick Murphys Frontman and President and Founder, Murphys mekemeke.
Recently surpassing 1.2 million views for the series, Rāhoroi o St. Patrick’s Day Clash continues FIGHTNIGHT LIVE’s meteoric 10-month rise, which has already included five live shows in the first two months of the New Year.
“We’re excited to continue our two-fight promotion with Murphys Boxing and can’t wait to hoist a pint with them during our St. Patrick’s Day show in Boston,” mea Mark Fratto, Tumuaki o Linacre Media. “Facebook is a terrific medium to deliver these great early fights and interviews for free, and set the St. Paddy’s tone with some great music from Ken Casey and the fellas. We encourage fight fans and music fans to check out the PPV portion as well, there’s more music and unbelievable action coming up later in the evening.”
As part of the Facebook bouts, New England champion Greg “The Villain” Vendetti (17-2-1, 10 Koó) of Stoneham, Mass., e i runga i Engleberto Valenzuela(11-12, 3 Koó) o Mexico; the Fighting Pride of the Yezidi People Yurik “Don’t Be Sorry, Be Careful” Mamedov (6-1, 3 Koó) o Brooklyn, N.Y.. tutaki Daniel Sostre(13-16-1, 5 Koó), or Puerto Rico; tekau mā Amanda Pavone (2-0, 1 KO) or Burlington, Mass. Faces Sarah Click (no te tuatahi) o Framingham, Mass.; and lightweight Tomas Romain (6-1) o Brooklyn, N.Y.. e i runga i Israel Rojas (13-20, 5 Koó) o Mexico.
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 82,153 fight fans tuning in per event and more than 1.2 million fans served.
Te E whitu. 9 “Whakatairanga Deal Real: Empire State” i Resorts World Casino (225,000), te August CES “Super Rāhoroi” i Foxwoods (203,000) and the Sept. CES “Twin awa Twinbill” i Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) i haaati katoa 150,000 whakaaro, and collectively the 15-show series has seen a total of almost 28,000 total hours of Facebook video consumed by 1,232,299 users across all devices.
I tua atu ki te tau feia mata'ita'ii raw, te tino-pāhekoheko, fan-friendly productions have seen neke atu i te 155,000 ngā ngā akiakitanga pou ora(neke atu i te 10,000 per show), including almost 103,000 “momo” ranei “aroha,” neke atu i te 27,000 comments and more than 7,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 ōrau tangata, 24 wahine ōrau. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, e rarawhi āhua 30.0 ōrau o te minenga, i runga i toharite.
Te E whitu. 9 “Whakatairanga Deal Real: Empire State” set a new bar with 224,658 whakaaro me te E whitu. 15-16 DiBella-CES doubleheader carried the series to three-quarters-of-a-million views in just over four months. Te Feb. 10 Hard-Hitting Promotions “Philly Fight Night” tu i roto i takitahi whakaatu ki 3,421 live hours of content viewed, ia te E whitu. 15 DiBella card saw neke atu i te 40,000 taunekeneke pūtirotiro including almost 39,000 “momo” ranei “aroha.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 pā me te neke atu i te 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:
https://www.facebook.com/facebookmedia/success-stories/fightnight
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) and BallWash (ballwash.com).
I Rāhoroi, March 17, live from live from the House of Blues in Boston, Ka taea e pā titau i te nui-pānga, wheako roma maha-kāmera oti ki whakairoiro, hākoritanga, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime mekemeke, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network, me te kaitātari Marc Abrams of AWE, NBC Sports Philadelphia, 15Rounds.com me AbramsBoxing.com. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, ka ui körero, me te whakautu ki ngā pātai i te whakarongo Facebook puta noa te haapurororaa.
Hanga, ka whakaputaina e te Linacre Media i roto o New York City, ngā te raupapa FIGHTNIGHT LIVE kaipāho ngaio, koki kāmera maha, whakairoiro pouaka whakaata, replays a muri-te-scenes wāhi me ngā uiuinga. E wātea ana nga whakaaturanga rere te ao nga wahi katoa he wātea Facebook. Ko te kaupapa e kore anake e āhei pā i huri noa i te ao ki te rangi i roto i, engari homai ano hoki ki runga-a-haere mai whawhai i te papa ao ki te whakaatu i ō rātou āheinga, homai ngā kaiwhakatairanga te wātea “pāhotanga” otinga me te homai kaitautoko te kaha ki te tae te whakarongo papatipu mā te ihirangi parani.
More FIGHTNIGHT LIVE Spring 2018 rā ka kia mana kauwhautia i roto i te wiki e haere mai.
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