SAMSUNG AND COMBATE GLOBAL
ANNOUNCE EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP
FOR LIVE TELEVISION MMA EVENTS ON FAST CHANNELS, BEGINNING ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24
 
SAMSUNG TV PLUS WILL HOST
BOTH AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH COMBATE GLOBAL CHANNEL, LAUNCHING TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
WITH COMBATE GLOBAL LIBRARY FIGHTS
 
EACH CHANNEL WILL STREAM BOTH
LIVE COMBATE GLOBAL EVENTS AND LIBRARY FIGHTS

 

MIAMI – April 15, 2025 – Samsung and COMBATE GLOBAL today announced the rollout of two Samsung TV Plus FAST Channels tomorrow, Wednesday, April 16. 
 
The channels will serve as the exclusive FAST Channel homes for live events produced by the world’s premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise, beginning with the previously announced COMBATE GLOBAL event on Thursday, April 24.
 
The deal with COMBATE GLOBAL marks Samsung’s first partnership to distribute prime time live combat sports programming on Samsung TV Plus, the #1 free ad-supported TV streaming app on Samsung Smart TVs and Galaxy devices.  
 
The two channels – “Combate Global” and “Combate Global en Español – will also feature fight action from COMBATE GLOBAL’s extensive library of over 130 live events.
 
“COMBATE GLOBAL is the most exciting version of MMA, and Samsung TV PLUS is the most exciting FAST channel platform.  Together, we are a one-two knockout punch,” said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren.
 
The new partnership provides COMBATE GLOBAL with another valuable opportunity to take its live event series to a digital audience and to continue discovering and engaging with new fans that previously had not been MMA viewers, something that the company has prided itself in doing since 2018 with its country versus country format of competition among the best new fighters in the sport.
 
Additional information about Combate Global and its athletes can be found on www.CombateGlobal.com as well as on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok.
 

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About Combate Global
Combate Global is the premier Hispanic Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports franchise that is rapidly becoming the number two sport after soccer for Spanish speaking fans worldwide, and that consistently garners television ratings that are superior to those of other major, longer established sports television properties.
 
Nielsen research indicates that an astounding 91 percent of Combate Global viewers in the U.S. are not regular viewers of other MMA content, demonstrating that Combate Global has garnered a new MMA audience with its World Cup-style, country vs. country-style competition.  
 
Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, also the co-founder and creator of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), has been described by New York Magazine as "the marketing genius behind the UFC,” while Yahoo Sports has said he "knows more about the sport than just about anyone in it today."  Under his direction, the growth of Combate Americas’ television footprint and worldwide audience triggered a re-branding in 2021 to Combate Global.