UFC berättade under torsdagen att man har påbörjat ett samarbete med den stora kickboxningsorganisationen GLORY, som nu kommer att sända Superfight Series och Eddie Bravo Invitations jiu-jitsu-evenemang under UFC Fight Pass.
Det här berättade Eddie Winter, general manager för UFC Fight Pass:
We are proud to announce our new partnerships with the GLORY kickboxing and EBI Brazilian jiu-jitsu organizations. This is a huge development for FIGHT PASS. We haven’t just added some kickboxing and some BJJ to FIGHT PASS — we partnered with leaders in both sports. GLORY has established itself as the pinnacle of world kickboxing while EBI leads the way in exciting, fast-paced submission grappling. Both of these organizations are tremendous additions to FIGHT PASS.
GLORY Superfight Series kommer att börja sändas på Fight Pass den 26 februari med Joe Shilling och Mike Lemaire på huvudkortet. UFC har även fått rättigheterna för att sända ”It’s Showtime” och K1.
Det här berättade Jon J. Franklin, VD för GLORY:
We are honored to partner with the UFC to bring GLORY fans and all combat sports fans kickboxing on UFC Fight Pass. They are the world leaders in MMA. We are the world leaders in kickboxing. For GLORY, it’s great to have our ’Superfight Series’ as part of the UFC FIGHT Pass Global platform and to get our GLORY library of spectacular kickboxing content on air on the worlds premier fight channel.
Den första jiu-jitsu-eventet kommer att sändas från Los Angeles den 24 april.
Det här berättade Winter:
BJJ legend Eddie Bravo is well-known to UFC fans, having trained dozens of UFC athletes over the years and also having served as a UFC broadcaster on occasion. What Eddie has been doing with his EBI events over the last couple of years is make BJJ accessible to MMA fans. EBI uses the same weight-classes as we do in the UFC, and the rules are set up to encourage athletes to be very aggressive and go for submissions from start to finish. The result is an exciting product that I know our loyal FIGHT PASS customers are going to love.
The UFC FIGHT PASS partnership is nothing short of a dream come true. UFC is responsible for the explosion of popularity for BJJ around the world, and having EBI on UFC’s digital streaming service is the perfect fit for us. I am incredibly confident that MMA and jiu-jitsu fans will love the full-throttle entertainment EBI is going to deliver on UFC FIGHT PASS.
