Victory Fighting Championship to Air Live 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 it will close out 2017 with events in Los Angeles, Atlantic
City, Omaha and two events in Ohio during December.
Two championship fights headline Victory
Fighting Championship 59 which will take place on Saturday December
16th at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, NE. Saturday night’s fight
card features Raufeon Stots, who will defend his bantamweight title
against Arnold Berdon in the Main Event, and the current Welterweight
Champion Yuri Villefort, who will be defending his title against Victor
Moreno. Victory Fighting Championship 59 will be broadcast live on UFC
Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s over the top (OTT)
digital streaming platform which reaches subscribers in more than 155
countries. Tickets for Victory Fighting Championship 59 may be purchased
at http://www.victoryfighter.com/tickets.
On the same night, Cage
Fury Fighting Championships (CFFC) will
be back at the Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ. The CFFC 69 show will
feature a staggering 4 title fights to end the year with the flyweight,
bantamweight, featherweight and light heavyweight titles all on the
line. The CFFC 69 event features three current Alliance MMA Champion vs.
Champion bouts. CFFC lightweight Champion Pat Sabatini defends his title
against current Shogun Fights Champion Cisco Isata. In the flyweight
championship match, CFFC Interim Champion Sean “Shorty Rock” Santella
will face current Victory Fighting Champion Kevin Gray. Dan Spohn,
Heavyweight Champion for Iron Tiger Fight Series, will take on CFFC
Light Heavyweight Champion Anton Berzin. Tickets for CFFC 69 can be
purchased at https://cffc.tv/tickets/cage-fury-69.
Streams for the event are available at www.cffc.tv/live
“We’ve made tremendous strides this year in terms of doubling our number
of branded properties to create a national footprint, as well as
building an operational infrastructure which allowed us to successfully
produce 66 events across the country this year,” said Robert Haydak,
President of Alliance MMA. “As we move into 2018, the plan is to
leverage our persistent presence in the top media markets by fine-tuning
the manner in which our promotions perform in order to achieve superior
results on an individual event basis. We intend to specifically focus on
improving revenue and profit going forward by adjusting ticket prices,
securing more lucrative venue relationships, increasing attendance
through enhanced social media and other marketing means, and maximizing
local sponsorship proceeds through our independent sales force.”
Iron
Tiger Fight Series will host back to back fights on December 9th
and December 15th in Ohio as Alliance MMA continues to gain
share in this expansive MMA market. The December 9th Iron
Tiger 78 event will be held at the Soccer Sports Plex in North Olmsted.
The December 15th Iron Tiger 79 show will take place in
Columbus at Express Live. Tickets for Iron Tiger 78 and 79 may be
purchased here.
Streams for the event can be purchased at www.irontigerfightseries.com/live
SoCa
Fights led by longtime legendary promoter Roy Englebrecht kicks off
December with a December 7th event, tonight, at the The
Hangar on the grounds of the Orange County Fair & Event Center,
capping the six-fight “Fight Club OC” 2017 season. Always an industry
leader, Englebrecht sells VIP suites and season tickets for this
explosive six-fight series. Tickets for the final Fight Club OC this
season may be purchased here.
The event will also be streamed on Facebook ($FB) live.
“Since 1975 I have been actively involved in promoting sporting events,
including executive roles with both the Los Angeles Lakers and Los
Angeles Kings, and partnering with Oscar De La Hoya to create and
operate Golden Boy Promotions,” said Roy Englebrecht, now General
Manager of SoCa Fights, formerly known as Roy Englebrecht Promotions.
“Based on many years of industry experience, I sincerely believe that
Alliance MMA is poised to become the preeminent powerhouse in the
regional MMA space. Speaking for myself, as well as the other promoters
who have been invited to join Alliance MMA, there has never been a
better opportunity for us to collectively capitalize on the growing
interest in MMA, and create shareholder value for ourselves and our
investors.”
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 Championships,
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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