LIVE SPORTS STREAMING PLATFORM TO DELIVER SEVEN EXCLUSIVE STAR-STUDDED BELLATOR MMA EVENTS PER YEAR
CHAMPION VS. CHAMPION – GEGARD MOUSASI-RORY MACDONALD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE FIGHT, PLUS ‘RAMPAGE’ JACKSON-WANDERLEI SILVA IV HIGHLIGHT FIRST EVENT ON SEPT. 29 FROM SAP CENTER AT SAN JOSE
LOS ANGELES – Bellator, a leading global combat sports franchise owned by Viacom, home to the world’s premier entertainment brands, and DAZN, the world’s largest dedicated live sports streaming service and part of Perform Group, today announced a multi-year landmark distribution agreement.
The nine-figure deal will feature seven exclusive stacked fight cards per year on DAZN and another 15 that are simulcast across Paramount Network and DAZN. All fights will stream in any country where DAZN is available. As part of the platform’s global expansion, DAZN will launch in the U.S. and Italy in 2018, with the service already live in Canada, 德國, 奧地利, Switzerland and Japan.
“The exciting new partnership with DAZN is a game-changer for Bellator,“Bellator總裁Scott Coker的說. “The investment will enable us to continue expanding our roster with free agents that make sense, so we can put on PPV-worthy fight cards that fans want to see. 更多, on DAZN’s worldwide platform, our fights will be seen live for the first time to new audiences around the globe.”
“It’s simple; fans want to see great fighters in competitive fights so we’ve handed the keys to Scott Coker and his venerable team to go out and recruit even more top-level talent to further stack Bellator fight cards and build on their success,” said DAZN CEO James Rushton. “With the combination of this investment and our recent announcement to bring more than 30 nights of boxing to the platform annually, DAZN will be a must-have for fight fans in the U.S.”
“The DAZN partnership speaks to the incredible growth of Bellator into a global sports powerhouse and high-valued franchise in the Viacom portfolio,” said Kevin Kay, 總統, 派拉蒙網絡, TV Land and CMT.
The deal begins with an epic event on 星期六, 七. 29 from SAP Center at San Jose. The card features a highly anticipated middleweight title fight pitting Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) 針對 羅裡·麥克唐納 (20-4), who is moving up a weight class for a title shot against the 185-pound champ, along with the fourth fight in the legendary rivalry between 昆頓“橫衝直撞”傑克遜 (37-13) 和 萬德雷·席爾瓦(35-13).
Also included on 七. 29, will be the opening fight of Bellator’s first-ever Welterweight World Grand Prix, which will feature eight of the best welterweight fighters on the planet. The Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix will be a major component of the first year of the multi-year agreement between Bellator and DAZN.
An exclusive online presale for this event takes place tomorrow, 六月 27 至週四, 六月 28, with tickets going on sale to the general public on 星期五, 六月 29 在 10 A.M. PT. 門票開始只是 $30 and will be available at the ThreatMetrix Ticket Office at SAP Center at San Jose, 以及 Bellator.com and Ticketmaster.
The event will air live on DAZN at 10 P.M. AND/7 P.M. PT. 另外的較量將在未來幾週內公佈. DAZN, which now streams 15,000 live events and 100 million hours of sports content globally each year, will be available in the U.S. this September with exact pricing and dates being announced this summer.
BELLATOR 加入了幾場偉大的戰鬥. 麥克唐納:
Gegard Mousasi impressed in his promotional debut over former Bellator middleweight champion Alexander Shlemenko, a win that earned him a shot at Rafael Carvalho, where 185-pound gold was on the line. 現在, after a decisive victory against Carvalho at Bellator 200, Mousasi will defend his crown against Rory MacDonald, entering the bout with his current unbeaten streak at seven fights. “The Dreamcatcher,” who trains out of The Netherlands, holds one of the most impressive resumes in all of the sport, at one time winning the STRIKEFORCE light heavyweight title, as well as the DREAM light heavyweight and middleweight titles.
Over the last several years, “The Red King” Rory MacDonald has become the most popular Canadian mixed martial artist due to his classic stand-up wars and wins over some of MMA’s best in Paul Daley, 內特 - 迪亞茲, Tyron Woodley, B.J. Penn and Demian Maia. Bellator’s welterweight champion joined the Viacom-owned promotion in 2016 and went on to defeat Douglas Lima for the welterweight title at Bellator 192. 現在, the Tristar Gym-trained fighter sets his sights on winning gold in not one, but two separate weight classes.
“Rampage” vs. 席爾瓦:
A six-fight veteran of Bellator, “狂暴”傑克遜的傳奇生涯已經看到他同場競技的一些頂級品牌的運動, 生成的球迷忠誠的軍隊前進的道路上. 前PRIDE和UFC冠軍是許多史詩集錦抨擊驕傲的主人和擊倒，他已經累積了在他的史詩戰役與查利德爾的喜歡, 丹·亨德森, “你的國王,” 凱文·蘭德爾曼和, 也許最顯著, his trilogy with fellow Bellator athlete Wanderlei Silva, who he now meets at heavyweight on 七. 29.
Wanderlei Silva’s wars with “Rampage,” Tito Ortiz, 米爾科·克羅馬警察, 維托爾貝爾福, 丹·亨德森, 櫻野合, Chuck Liddell and Michael Bisping remain some of the more memorable bouts in MMA history. “The Axe Murderer” is far from ready to close the book on his illustrious career, returning to action against a man he has already competed against three times before. In addition to the PRIDE middleweight title, Silva’s trophy case includes awards for “Fight of the Year” (2003, 2004, 2007), 年度KO (2008) and multiple “Fight of the Night” awards. 最近, the Brazilian native made his Bellator debut against Chael Sonnen in the main event of Bellator: 紐約市.
Updated Bellator Fight Card:
中量級世界冠軍爭奪戰: Gegard Mousasi (44-6-2) VS. 羅裡·麥克唐納 (20-4)
重量級特徵回合: 昆頓“橫衝直撞”傑克遜 (37-13) VS. 萬德雷·席爾瓦 (35-13)
Welterweight World Grand Prix First Round Bout
*卡可能發生變化.
