The expansion of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) continues.
The promotion has agreed to an exclusive broadcast deal with DIRECTV to Latin America homes beginning this month.
PFL will debut its Challenger Series this week, with the 2022 regular season kicking off shortly.
“As the Professional Fighters League continues to accelerate its global footprint, we are thrilled to announce DirecTV as our exclusive media partner in Latin America,” said PFL CEO Peter Murray. “This year, the PFL will deliver fans 24 premium live events featuring MMA stars and top-ranked fighters from around the world competing in a win and advance Regular Season, Playoff and Championship format where each world champion earns $1 million. The toughest test in MMA begins with the premiere of our new PFL Challenger Series on February 18 followed by the launch of the official 2022 PFL Season on April 20.”
Starting February 18 “DIRECTV Sports FIGHT”, a channel dedicated exclusively to combat sports, will bring MMA fans in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Perú, Uruguay and the Caribbean PFL live events, including the Regular Season, Playoffs, and PFL World Championship as well as pre- and post-event coverage, exclusive PFL content including archival season footage from 2018-2021.
“We celebrate this agreement with an innovative and growing league such as PFL, which will bring to Latin American fans first-class fighting events and content,” added Santiago Sluzewski Monti, Commercial Director of Torneos.
