Victory Fighting Championship Event to Air on UFC Fight Pass
NEW YORK -- (Business Wire)
Alliance
MMA, Inc. ("Alliance MMA" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: AMMA), the only
publicly-traded professional mixed martial arts (“MMA”) company that
unifies elite regional promotions and aspiring MMA champions, announced
today that SuckerPunch Entertainment (“SuckerPunch”) client and Ultimate
Fighting Championship (“UFC”) Featherweight Champion Max “Blessed”
Holloway will make a promotion appearance at the Victory Fighting
Championship (“VFC”) 59 show Saturday night December 16th.
Holloway, along with fellow SuckerPunch client Rachel Ostovich, a
current UFC flyweight, will be signing autographs and posing for
photographs with fans during a meet and greet experience presented by
Alliance MMA and sponsor Pure Spectrum CBD.
SuckerPunch Entertainment Signs Top Heavyweight Prospect
Mohammed Usman, a former NCAA Division 1 defensive end who played at the
University of Arizona, recently joined the growing SuckerPunch roster.
Usman, who is currently undefeated with a 3-0 record, is looking forward
to following the path taken by his younger brother Kamaru Usman and Eryk
“Ya Boy” Anders. The junior Usman is presently the UFC’s 12th
ranked welterweight fighter; Anders, a former University of Alabama
National Champion linebacker and Alliance MMA V3 Fights Champion, is
currently an undefeated UFC middleweight prospect.
SuckerPunch Athletes to Compete in Four Championship Title Fights
The next generation of MMA superstars is on full display this weekend as
SuckerPunch fields seven fighters competing in four different events
including four championship bouts. Undefeated featherweight “Super”
Sodiq Yusuff kicks off the weekend on Friday night December 15th
when he battles for the Featherweight Championship live on UFC Fight
Pass. On Saturday night December 16th Oluwale “The Holy War
Angel” Bamgbose is featured as the opening bout on the Fox Sports 1
broadcast of the “UFC on Fox 26” preliminary card. The same evening,
Arnold Berdon will be competing for the bantamweight title at VFC 59
which also airs on UFC Fight Pass. Closing out Saturday night at the
Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ, Cage Fury Fighting
Championship (“CFFC”) will feature Pat Sabatini when he defends his
lightweight championship, and Ricky Bandejas will defend his interim
bantamweight title, at CFFC 69.
Alliance Continues to Penetrate Major Media Markets
Besides SuckerPunch Entertainment, and CageTix, the Company’s electronic
ticketing platform, Alliance MMA currently operates in 13 of the top 30
Nielsen Designated Market Areas (DMA), including each of the top five.
With the goal of unifying elite regional promotions and fostering the
development of aspiring MMA champions, the Company produces professional
MMA events through New Jersey-based Cage Fury Fighting Championship,
Washington-based Combat Games MMA, Indiana-based Hoosier Fight Club,
Tennessee-based V3Fights, Maryland-based Shogun Fights, Ohio-based Iron
Tiger Fight Series, Florida-based Fight Time Promotions, Georgia-based
National Fighting Championship, Southern California-based SoCa Fights,
and Nebraska-based Victory Fighting Championship.
About Alliance MMA, Inc.
Alliance MMA (NASDAQ: AMMA) is a professional mixed martial arts (MMA)
company that brings together the best regional productions. Alliance
MMA's mission is to identify and cultivate the next generation of
fighters and champions for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and
other premier MMA promotions.
With some of the world’s leading MMA promotions under the Alliance MMA
umbrella, the organization aims eventually to host in excess of 125
events per year, showcasing more than 1,000 fighters. Alliance MMA is
also dedicated to generating live original sports media content,
attracting an international fan base, and securing major brand
sponsorship revenue for live MMA events, digital media, and Alliance MMA
fighters.
MMA is the world’s fastest-growing sport with worldwide fans of
approximately 300 million according to sports marketing research firm
Repucom. MMA is a full contact sport that allows a wide range of
fighting techniques, including striking and grappling from various
martial arts and disciplines including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu
jitsu, karate, and Muay Thai. Professional MMA fights are legal and
regulated by state athletic commissions in all 50 states.
Alliance MMA, Inc. was formed in 2015 for the purpose of acquiring
businesses that engage in the promotion of MMA events. In 2016, the
company completed an initial public offering that culminated in a
listing on the NASDAQ stock exchange. Alliance MMA is the only MMA
promotion company that is publicly-traded.
For more information, visit www.alliancemma.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements relate to
anticipated future events, future results of operations or future
financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking
statements by terminology such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,”
“intends,” “expects,” “plans,” “goals,” “projects,” “anticipates,”
“believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the
negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Actual results
may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by
these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors
including, but not limited to, those discussed under the heading “Risk
Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17,
2017. Alliance MMA encourages you to review other factors that may
affect its future results in its other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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Contacts:
Alliance MMA, Inc.
Media:
James Byrne, 212-805-3005
jbyrne@alliancemma.com
or
Investors:
James
Platek, 212-739-7825
jplatek@alliancemma.com
Source: Alliance MMA, Inc.
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