The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, and FPT Play today announced an exclusive broadcast partnership for 2022. FPT Play will become the exclusive PFL content provider in Vietnam carrying both the PFL’s inaugural Challenger Series and the 2022 PFL Regular Season, Playoffs, and PFL World Championship.
Additionally, FPT Play will bring MMA fans exclusive PFL content including archival season footage from 2019-2021 and original content from PFL Studios.
“2022 promises to be an action-packed year for the Professional Fighters League and we are proud to announce our broadcast partnership with FTP Play in Vietnam,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “FTP Play is the leading content provider for sports and entertainment in the country, and we look forward to delivering PFL’s world class brand of MMA to the fans in Vietnam.”
On this announcement, Ms. To Nam Phuong – Deputy General Director of FPT Play shared: “We are delighted that Professional Fighters League (PFL) and FPT Play have become strategic partners for 2022. This has created an opportunity for Vietnamese audiences to enjoy a world-class MMA season format on FPT Play's multi-platform television service system. Owning the exclusive rights to this season in Vietnam is a testament to the determination to develop unlimitedly high-end sports content, which is part of an overall and comprehensive strategy of products, services and content that FPT Play has persistently pursued.”
The deal was spearheaded in conjunction with Athletic Sports Group and its subsidiary Fight Globe, the world's largest combat sports distributor.
PFL is the first and only MMA league with a true sports-season format where elite fighters from around the world compete in a Regular Season, Playoffs and Championship. The four competitors in each division who earn the most points advance to the win-or-go-home Playoffs, followed by the biggest night in MMA – the PFL World Championship – with each winner going home with the $1 million prize.
Following a breakthrough year that saw 100 percent audience growth, PFL has accelerated its momentum in the early part of 2022 with a multi-year renewal with ESPN, generating widespread buzz around the Challenger Series on fuboTV, and adding several leading brands to its blue-chip sponsorship portfolio.
Professional Fighters League is the No. 2 MMA company globally and features an elite talent roster with 25 percent of its fighters independently ranked in the top-25 of the world, including 2021 PFL champions Kayla Harrison and Ray Cooper III. PFL has live event coverage in 160 countries on leading distribution platforms and delivers a unique, innovative product to the more than 600 million MMA fans globally. (PR)
