Mixed Martial Arts

South African mixed martial arts promotion the Extreme Fighting Championship will have its events shown live on public-service broadcaster the SABC for the next two years, increasing its exposure in its home market.

The Fight Channel Group has agreed a carriage deal for its Fight Channel World HD pay-television channel with new Romanian OTT platform Streamark.

Middle Eastern pay-television operator OSN has agreed a multi-year deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship granting it exclusive rights to the mixed martial arts promotion in the Middle East and North Africa.

Malaysian telecommunications provider Tune Talk has extended a content deal with the One Championship mixed martial arts series.

South African public-service broadcaster SABC has agreed a multi-year rights deal with the Extreme Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship will use the Telesport agency to sell its rights in Russia after sports media platform Match TV failed to agree terms on a renewal for the mixed martial arts series.

Media company CSI Sports has agreed carriage deals for its Fight Sports pay-television channel in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Media group Sony Pictures Networks India has signed up as the broadcast partner for the Super Fight League, India’s first mixed martial arts promotion.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is preparing to ditch pay-per-view as its main media-rights revenue stream in the US, as owners WME|IMG seek to increase the guaranteed revenue of July’s $3.775bn (€3.522bn) acquisition.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights for the One Championship mixed martial arts series.

Hispanic mixed martial arts promotion Combate Americas has agreed an exclusive, year-long Spanish-language rights deal with commercial broadcaster TV Azteca for the Mexican and US markets.

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a long-term partnership with Village Cinemas and Event Cinemas, which will showcase the UFC’s largest events in 63 theatre locations across Australia and New Zealand.

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation has renewed its rights distribution partnership with the Broadreach Media agency.

US cable television channel AXS TV Fights has agreed a multi-year rights deal with newly-formed mixed martial arts promotion the Legacy Fighting Alliance.

DAZN, the new OTT sports subscription service operated by digital media specialist Perform, has agreed a multi-year content partnership for the Japanese market with mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has further bolstered the content available through its digital subscription service, UFC Fight Pass, by agreeing a global partnership with Canadian series TKO MMA.