Washington, DC (March 29, 2018) — I-Professional Fighters League (I-PFL), okuwukuphela kweligi enkulu exubile ye-karate emhlabeni, bamemezele namuhla ukuthi basebenzisana noMark Burnett, Umongameli we-MGM Television Group & I-Digital ne-MGM Television ukuthuthukisa nokukhiqiza okuqukethwe okusha nohlelo lwesizini ezayo ye-PFL. MGM kanye Burnett (Osindile, Iphimbo, I-Shark Tank, The Olwa) bobabili bazojoyina njengabatshalizimali be-PFL futhi uBurnett ufakwe mathupha ebhodini labaluleki. Idatha ye-PFL 2018 imidlalo yokuqala yesizini yeligi June 7 futhi siqukethe 11 imicimbi bukhoma ku-NBC Sports Network naku-Facebook Watch.
I-Professional Fighters League iyinhlangano yokuqala ngqa ukwethula i-MMA njengomdlalo wangempela onezilwi eziqhudelanayo ngesizini ejwayelekile., ama-playoffs “wokuwina nokuphambili”, kanye nobuqhawe bokuphela kwesizini. Ubambiswano olusha ne-MGM Television luzoletha izinhlelo ezingabhalwanga kanye nokuqukethwe okufushane ekusabalaliseni kwezingxenyekazi eziningi ze-PFL okuklanyelwe ukukhulisa ukusebenzelana ne-MMA's. 300 abalandeli abayizigidi emhlabeni jikelele. Uchungechunge lokuqala olungabhalwanga luzobandakanya abalandeli ekuphileni kwansuku zonke kwezilwi futhi lubonise umqhudelwano ofanayo ompetha bayo bazowina indawo kuma-playoffs weligi ye-PFL..
“Sijabule kakhulu ukusebenzisana neMGM Television kanye noMark Burnett,” kusho uPeter Murray, Isikhulu Esiphezulu seProfessional Fighters League. “Umbono kaMark wokudala wokuletha okuqukethwe okusha okubukhoma uphakathi kwezinto ezingcono kakhulu ezinikezwa yimboni – futhi yilokho kanye esizokulethela abalandeli be-MMA kule sizini.”
Ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, I-PFL imemezele izivumelwano ezikhethekile zokusabalalisa izinkundla eziningi ze 2018 isizini ne-NBC Sports Group kanye ne-Facebook. I-NBC Sports Group izosungula bukhoma okukhethekile Thursday ebusuku PFL ukulwa franchise, sethula imicimbi eyisikhombisa yesizini evamile ebukhoma ikakhulukazi ku-NBCSN iqala June 7 kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-August.
"Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi izethameli ze-MMA zikhula ngokushesha futhi i-PFL inobukhona obukhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Njengomshisekeli wokuqamba izinto ezintsha embonini kamabonakude, Nginentshisekelo yokukhula nombono we-PFL futhi sekuyisikhathi sokuthi lo mdlalo ugxile kwifomethi yeligi,” kusho uBurnett. "Baphakamisa ezemidlalo ngendlela entsha futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ukuba yingxenye yawo."
Ngaphezu kwemicimbi ebukhoma, isivumelwano sokuthuthukiswa sizofaka i-PFL ethi “Ulwelani?” izinhlelo ezilethela ababukeli idijithali yefomu elifushane & okuqukethwe komphakathi okuzobonisa ukuphila kwansuku zonke kanye nezindaba zasemuva zama-fighters, yakhelwe ukusiza ukwakha imiphakathi eku-inthanethi yabalandeli be-PFL futhi ikhuthaze ukusebenzelana phakathi kwabalandeli, fighters, kanye nethalente lasemoyeni le-PFL. Izibukeli zingalandela abasubathi be-PFL ngohlu lokuqukethwe kwangempela kwefomu elifushane, njenge “Top 10 Weviki, Indlela Eya Kowamanqamu, 24:7: Impilo Yempi, futhi “Ngaphakathi Ejimini” Ikhamera.
“I-PFL ijabule kakhulu ukusebenzisana noMark Burnett umsunguli nesithonjana owasungula futhi waphelelisa i-TV engabhalwanga.,” kusho uDonn Davis, Umsunguli kanye noSihlalo weBhodi le-PFL. "I-PFL iphinda icabanga nge-MMA kanye nokuqala kwe- 2018 Isizini June 7 izoletha abalandeli injabulo efanayo futhi 'hey, Angikaze ngikubone ukusabela abakuzwa lapho u-Survivor eqala futhi engenisa inkathi entsha yethelevishini.”
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I-Professional Fighters League iletha ifomethi yezemidlalo ku-MMA okokuqala ngqa ngesizini evamile, ngemuva kwesizini, kanye nobuqhawe. I-PFL yasungulwa nguDonn Davis, Russ Ramsey, kanye no-Mark Leschly futhi besekelwa izingqalabutho zebhizinisi kwezemidlalo, media, kanye nobuchwepheshe. I-Professional Fighters League ithenge ukulwa nengqalasizinda yomcimbi we-World Series of Fighting (WSOF) futhi izokwethula isizini yayo yokuqala ngoJuni 2018 ku-NBC Sports Network naku-Facebook. Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe www.PFLmma.com.