NEW YORK (Feb. 21, 2018) – Recently reaching 1,000,000 views for the series, Facebook FIGHTNIGHT LIVE looks to establish another benchmark izi Friday–Loweruka, Feb. 23-24, with back-to-back-to-back shows spanning from the casinos of New England to the Boardwalk of Atlantic City. A red-hot card from the Jersey Shore caps the epic weekend, as the fan-friendly streaming service partners with Rising Star Promotions lachiwelu usiku, Feb. 24. Fans from across the globe can catch seven bouts beginning at 7 p.m. wherever Facebook is available, including a crossroads main event battle featuring Thomas “Cornflake” LaManna (25-2, 9 Ko) ndipo Gabriel “Tito” Bracero (24-3, 5 Ko).
“We’re excited to be taking this next step for the series, and to be capping the weekend with an outstanding card that will delight fight fans, called by Ray Flores ndipo Paulie Malignaggi,” anati Mark Fratto, Akuluakulu a Linacre Media. “Boardwalk Boxing at The Showboat will be back in a big way lachiwelu night with names like LaManna, Bracero, Rainone, Julan, Varmall and hot prospects and local favorites all displaying their talents and passion on Facebook. As a bonus, we’re proud to produce the PPV and pro debut of Mike dzina lake Rashid, who has conquered the worlds of fitness and digital media and is looking to do big things in the fight game.”
Kwenikweni chochitika lachiwelu usiku, New Jersey’s LaManna fights for the 19th time in the shore town, as he takes on the battle tested, Brooklyn-based Bracero. The card will feature some of the best prospects in the region that includes Jahmal Dyer wa Baltimore, MD. (4-0, 2 Ko), Donald “No Love” Smith (5-0, 3 Ko) la Philadelphia, Frederick Julán (8-0, 6 Ko) of Brooklyn and Alvin Varmall, Jr. (14-0, 12 Ko) of Catskill, N.Y..
“We are excited to be bringing this great event and our first Boardwalk Boxing card from The Showboat to the fans all over the world on FIGHTNIGHT Live. We have a main event that everyone is talking about, and we are featuring some terrific prospects on an outstanding undercard,” anati Debbie LaManna, President of Rising Star Promotions.
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 Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 9 “Real Pezani Zokwezedwa: ufumu State” kuchokera Resorts World Casino (225,000), August CES “Super Loweruka” kuchokera Foxwoods (203,000), ndi Sept. CES “Didimo Mtsinje Twinbill” kuchokera Lincoln, R.I. (157,000) onse aposa 150,000 maganizo, 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.
Kuwonjezera pa manambala yaiwisi viewership, nazonso-zokambirana, fan-friendly productions have seen kuposa 142,000 gulu moyo engagements positi (pafupifupi 12,000 per show), including almost 97,000 “amakonda” kapena “amakonda,” kuposa 22,000 comments and almost 6,000 shares.
FIGHTNIGHT LIVE broadcasts are viewed by 76 peresenti amuna, 24 peresenti akazi. The top demographic is comprised of males ages 25-34, lomwe limalamulira pafupifupi 30.0 peresenti ya omvetsera, pafupifupi.
The Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 9 “Real Pezani Zokwezedwa: ufumu State” set a new bar with 224,658 maganizo ndi Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 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” amasonyeza chionekera payekha ndi 3,421 live hours of content viewed, pamene Zisanu Ndi Ziwiri. 15 DiBella card saw more than 40,000 Mwanjira wowerenga including almost 39,000 “amakonda” kapena “amawakonda.”
The FIGHTNIGHT LIVE page on Facebook has more than 80,000 mafani ndipo woposa 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),
Bambo. Custom Made(
mrcustommade.com) ndipo
BallWasH (
ballwash.com).
Lachiwelu usiku, Feb. 24, live from live from The Showboat in Atlantic City, N.J., mafani angayembekezere mkulu-amadza, Mipikisano kamera zinachitikira kusonkhana wathunthu zithunzi, makanema ojambula pamanja, replays, interviews and an announce team anchored by blow-by-blow announcer Ray Flores of Premier Boxing Champions, Showtime Maseŵera a nkhonya, HBO Boxing and CBS Sports Network and former IBF and WBA World Champion Paulie Malignaggi, now of Showtime, Sky Sports and CBS Sports Network. To provide spectators with a fully-interactive ringside experience, ndemanga ndidzapempha ndi kuyankha mafunso kuchokera kwa omvetsera Facebook mu kulengeza kwa.
Analengedwa ndi opangidwa ndi Linacre Media kuchoka ku New York City, ndi FIGHTNIGHT moyo mndandanda zimaonetsa kuti analengeza akatswiri, kumathandiza kupeza ngodya zabwino angapo kamera, yakanema zithunzi, replays ndi kumbuyo-ndi-zithunzi mwayi ndi zoyankhulana. The mapulogalamu akukhamukira zilipo lonse kulikonse Facebook akupezeka. The kanthu osati chimathandiza mafani padziko lonse kwa khutu, koma limaperekanso mmwamba-ndi-akubwera omenyana nsanja lonse akuonetsa luso lawo, amapereka ochirikiza ndi Kufikika “kuulutsidwa” njira ndi amapereka othandizira luso kufika omvera misa kudzera zili kuwasindikiza.
More FIGHTNIGHT moyo Zima / Spring 2018 masiku adzakhala mwalamulo analengeza mu masabata kubwera.
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