Professional Fighters League Announces Media Rights Partnership With Fighting.de For 2022 Season
NEW YORK – The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the fastest growing and most innovative sports league, and FIGHTING.de have announced an exclusive broadcast partnership for 2022. Spearheaded in conjunction with Athletic Sports Group and its subsidiary Fight Globe, FIGHTING.de will become the exclusive PFL content provider in Germany as well as Switzerland and Austria.
FIGHTING.de will carry both the inaugural PFL Challenger Series and the entire 2022 PFL Season live, with two of the 2022 PFL Playoff events to air live in primetime in the Central European Time zone. Additionally, FIGHTING.de will bring MMA fans pre- and post-event coverage, as well as exclusive PFL content including archival season footage from 2019-2021.
Joining the PFL’s world-class roster for the 2022 Regular season are German nationals Saba Bolaghi, who will compete in the ultra-competitive Featherweight division, and Hatef Moeil, who joins the hard-hitting Heavyweight division.
Additionally, Light Heavyweight Alexander Poppeck and Women’s Lightweight Julia Dorny will take part in the upcoming PFL Challenger Series. Each has the opportunity to represent Germany on a global stage as they aim to earn a Regular Season contract with the league and pathway to the $1 million prize.
“The Professional Fighters League is pleased to expand our global footprint and partner with FIGHTING.de as our broadcast partner in Germany, Switzerland and Austria for the 2022 Challenger Series and Regular Season,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “MMA fans in those countries can look forward to unparalleled action featuring world-class competitors, unique format and year-round coverage of their favorite fighters.”
Michael Ortlepp, CEO of FIGHTING.de, said, “We are very excited about the partnership with PFL and to broadcast the most exciting MMA tournament in the world live on FIGHTING.de. Fans in Germany, Austria and Switzerland can look forward to top-class action and highly exciting fights. Our particular focus will be of course be on our German representatives Saba Bolaghi and Hatef Moeil, which we will accompany intensively on their way during the regular season 2022 and Alex Poppeck and Julia Dorny in the Challenger Series. What can be more exciting than to watch the best fighters in the world fighting for a million dollars?”
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