The Skilled Fighters League (PFL), the quickest rising and most modern sports activities league, has introduced a multi-year media rights settlement with CANAL+, the longest standing and market share chief in French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa, for French language rights. The partnership additionally contains Myanmar and Haiti the place CANAL+ broadcasts a number of prime sports activities competitions.
CANAL+ will present dwell localized programming, persevering with throughout all PFL International, PFL Europe, PFL MENA, Bellator Champions Sequence, PFL Tremendous Fights, chosen PFL and Bellator archives, and likewise PFL Africa which is able to launch in 2025 and can profit from the prime publicity supplied by Canal+ Sport channels in Sub-Saharan Africa, the place CANAL+ will carry PFL motion dwell with French commentary on linear channels to just about 8 million houses.
The Skilled Fighters League couldn’t be extra excited to associate with Canal+ bringing our model to French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa. The PFL believes strongly in connecting with MMA followers in areas which have been historically underserved within the sport and doing so of their native languages. Canal+ is the sports activities media model that lives within the hearts and minds of the French talking inhabitants in Sub-Saharan Africa and is synonymous with premium sport.
James Frewin, Managing Director Worldwide, PFL
We’re proud to convey PFL to our African subscribers. Combating competitions, and MMA leagues particularly, appeal to ever bigger audiences of followers amongst African viewers. And we’re all of the extra thrilled to associate with a devoted PFL franchise in Africa and broadcast prime fights with stars equivalent to Francis Ngannou or Cedric Doumbe. This completely matches our technique of selling African sport on the continent and past.
Jacques du Puy, CEO, CANAL+ Worldwide
The 2024 PFL International Season and International Season Playoffs can be found dwell throughout ESPN platforms within the U.S. and by way of DAZN in Canada, Europe and extra premium sports activities platforms internationally.
PFL is the one group in MMA with the sports-season format, the place particular person fighters compete in a Common Season, Playoffs, and Championship annually. The mixed roster of PFL and Bellator boasts 30% of its fighters independently world-ranked within the prime 25 of their respective weight-class. PFL has an expansive international imaginative and prescient for the game and is constructing the “Champions League of MMA” with PFL Europe, PFL MENA, and extra worldwide leagues in improvement. PFL leads in know-how and innovation, with its proprietary PFL SmartCage, powering combat analytics, real-time betting, AI scoring, and a next-generation viewing expertise. PFL is out there on ESPN/ESPN+ within the U.S., DAZN in Canada and Europe and broadcast and streamed in 160 nations with 20 premium media distribution companions.
