Betting organizations are lining up to work with MMA promotions,
and One Championship has hooked a big one.
Per a press release on Friday, One has announced it will be
partnering with FanDuel – based in the U.S. – to stage events on
the latter’s proprietary FanDuel TV network. This station is listed
on cable and satellite TV, already working with distributors
including Xfinity, Spectrum, DirecTV and several others. The first
event of their agreement will be
One 164, which takes place on Saturday morning. No live MMA
event had ever aired on FanDuel TV to this point.
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Chief commercial officer of FanDuel, Mike Raffensperger, spoke of
the new arrangement highly, saying, “We’re eager to continue
expanding the variety of content we’re offering at FanDuel TV to
introduce our audience to emerging sports. We’ve long respected the
content the One Championship team is producing and are looking
forward to bringing their action to our audience through FanDuel TV
and FanDuel+.”
Prior to One joining its lineup, past content included shows
covering the NBA as well as all-around sports coverage content. The
service, recently known as TVG, played host to horse racing and
betting options. It has grown to the major sports, including
betting on all of them. In addition to the FanDuel TV platform that
One fights will air on, events can also be viewed through the
FanDuel+ app, which is available on some platforms like Roku and
certain Amazon Fire or Apple TV devices. To access this app, one
needs a FanDuel account.
One 164 will go down on Dec. 3 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in
Pasay, Philippines, and it will culminate with a 125-pound
championship matchup pitting champ Joshua
Pacio against the surging Jarred
Brooks. Other fights on the billing include a heavyweight scrap
between Brandon Vera
and Amir
Aliakbari, and a flyweight contest when Geje
Eustaquio takes on Yong Hu.