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Friday, January 15, 2021
CES MMA, Boxing sign multi-year extension with streaming giant UFC FIGHT PASS
Longtime promotion re-ups after streaming a dozen events over the past two years
Longtime promotion re-ups after streaming a dozen events over the past two years
Providence, RI (January 15, 2021) – The region’s No. 1 combat sports promotion is continuing its partnership with the industry’s leading digital subscription service.
CES Boxing and CES MMA have signed a multi-year extension with UFC FIGHT PASS®, extending their partnership agreement and continuing the tradition of bringing competitive, high-quality fights to UFC FIGHT PASS with an expansive network covering more than 200 countries and territories.
The promotion’s 2021 schedule, streaming live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS, will be announced shortly.
CES MMA was the first to join the UFC FIGHT PASS family in January of 2019 with CES MMA 54, an afternoon matinee at Twin River Casino Hotel in Rhode Island featuring fan-favorite Nate Andrews in a submission victory over Bryce Logan.
To date, CES MMA and CES Boxing have promoted 12 events on UFC FIGHT PASS, including three in 2020 as part of a condensed schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UFC FIGHT PASS has more than 30 live event partners across multiple disciplines – among them MMA, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, and kickboxing – and will live stream more than 200 events in 2021. The streaming service is also home to the world’s largest fight library, including more than 20,000 individual bouts in addition to every fight in UFC history.
To sign up for UFC FIGHT PASS, please visit www.ufcfightpass.com, or download the UFC app.
CES Boxing and CES MMA have signed a multi-year extension with UFC FIGHT PASS®, extending their partnership agreement and continuing the tradition of bringing competitive, high-quality fights to UFC FIGHT PASS with an expansive network covering more than 200 countries and territories.
The promotion’s 2021 schedule, streaming live and exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS, will be announced shortly.
CES MMA was the first to join the UFC FIGHT PASS family in January of 2019 with CES MMA 54, an afternoon matinee at Twin River Casino Hotel in Rhode Island featuring fan-favorite Nate Andrews in a submission victory over Bryce Logan.
To date, CES MMA and CES Boxing have promoted 12 events on UFC FIGHT PASS, including three in 2020 as part of a condensed schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UFC FIGHT PASS has more than 30 live event partners across multiple disciplines – among them MMA, boxing, jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, and kickboxing – and will live stream more than 200 events in 2021. The streaming service is also home to the world’s largest fight library, including more than 20,000 individual bouts in addition to every fight in UFC history.
To sign up for UFC FIGHT PASS, please visit www.ufcfightpass.com, or download the UFC app.
INFORMATION
CES MMA is a mixed martial arts promotional company based out of Providence, R.I., founded by legendary boxing promoter Jimmy Burchfield Sr. It promoted the first sanctioned professional mma event in the state of Rhode Island on Sept. 17, 2010 at Twin River Casino Hotel. Since its inception, CES MMA has been a gateway to the UFC developing the careers of UFC contenders Calvin Kattar, Rob Font, Charles Rosa, William Knight, Mike Rodriguez, Tony Gravely, Andre Soukhamthath and others. In October 2012, CES MMA promoted its first pay-per-view event at The Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, featuring the professional MMA debut of former WWE superstar Dave Bautista, and recently signed a two-year extension to broadcast exclusively on UFC FIGHT PASS®.
CES Boxing is one of the top promotions in the northeast and one of the few to successfully promote both mixed martial arts and professional boxing. Launched in 1992 by longtime boxing judge Jimmy Burchfield Sr., the promotion is the only in professional boxing to boast two reigning WBC Youth world champions in lightweight Jamaine Ortiz and featherweight Irvin Gonzalez. CES Boxing recently teamed with UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s No. 1 streaming platform for combat sports, to showcase its events to a worldwide audience, and worked as a promotional consultant for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view event in November of 2020.
CES Boxing is one of the top promotions in the northeast and one of the few to successfully promote both mixed martial arts and professional boxing. Launched in 1992 by longtime boxing judge Jimmy Burchfield Sr., the promotion is the only in professional boxing to boast two reigning WBC Youth world champions in lightweight Jamaine Ortiz and featherweight Irvin Gonzalez. CES Boxing recently teamed with UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s No. 1 streaming platform for combat sports, to showcase its events to a worldwide audience, and worked as a promotional consultant for the Mike Tyson-Roy Jones Jr. pay-per-view event in November of 2020.
UFC FIGHT PASS® is the world’s leading digital subscription service for combat sports. Since launching in 2013, UFC FIGHT PASS is now available in more than 200 countries and territories. UFC FIGHT PASS provides its members with unlimited access to live UFC FIGHT PASS Prelims; live mixed martial arts and combat sports from around the world; original series and historical programming; special features; behind-the-scenes content; in-depth interviews; and up-to-the minute reports on the world of combat sports. UFC FIGHT PASS subscribers also have 24/7 access to the world’s largest fight library, featuring more than 17,000 bouts from dozens of combat sports organizations, as well as every fight in UFC history. Fight fans can access FIGHT PASS on personal computers, iOS and Android mobile devices, Apple TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, Samsung Smart TVs, LG Smart TVs, and Sony TVs with Android TV.
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