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Ufc Fight Pass® Reaches Exclusive, Long-Term Agreement with Titan Fc UFC FIGHT PASS® REACHES EXCLUSIVE, LONG-TERM AGREEMENT WITH TITAN FC Las Vegas –UFC FIGHT PASS® continues to acquire great mixed martial arts content from around the world. Today, UFC Chief Content Officer Marshall Zelaznik announced the UFC’s digital streaming service has reached an exclusive agreement to live stream all of Titan FC’s events. Zelaznik said: “Titan FC puts on great events and we’re happy to make Titan fights available live and on-demand to our UFC FIGHT PASS subscribers. In the nine years since its first show, Titan has earned a reputation for putting on quality events featuring a mixture of up-and-coming talent and experienced veterans. I’m excited to offer these events live and exclusively on FIGHT PASS.” The live first Titan FC event will hit UFCFIGHTPASS on July 18. Titan FC 34 will be a quality 12 fight card featuring three Titian title fights and headlined by The Ultimate Fighter alum Mike Ricci vs UFC veteran Pat “Bam Bam” Healy in the main event with a co-main event of Kurt Holobaugh vs Andre Harrison, plus the much anticipated return of Jose “Pele” Landi-Jons, and the debut of middleweight prospect Phil Hawes. Titan FC CEO Jeff Aronson said: “We at Titan FC are extremely proud to ink a groundbreaking deal with the leader in combat sports, the UFC to showcase the amazing talent of the fighters on the Titan FC roster on the UFC FIGHT PASS platform.” In the coming months, Titan FC’s archive of 33 events – which feature appearances from fighters like Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Sara McMann and Alan Belcher – will also be uploaded to FIGHT PASS. Zelaznik added: “The addition of Titan to the UFC FIGHT PASS fight library brings the total number of promotions available to our subscribers to 20. “We’re offering a truly unprecedented amount of world-class content on the platform – everything from every UFC fight, to the libraries of PRIDE FC, WEC, Pancrase, King of the Cage, Titan FC – the libraries of 20 organizations in total and live fights from the UFC, Invicta, Shooto Brazil and now Titan FC. “We said it when we launched FIGHT PASS, and we will continue to live up to it: FIGHT PASS will just keep getting better and better.” Zelaznik added the next Shooto Brazil event will be streamed live on UFCFIGHTPASS.com on Friday, June 26. Shooto Brazil 55 will be a 13-fight card headlined by the featherweight clash between Leonardo Limberger and Jamil Silveira UFC FIGHT PASS is available now at UFCFIGHTPASS.com on personal computers, Xbox One, Xbox 360 Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, Chromecast, Android, Samsung, LG Smart TV and Roku. Subscriptions are $9.99 month to month, $8.99 per month for six months or $7.99 per month for a one-year subscription. About the UFC UFC® is the premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization and largest Pay-Per-View event provider in the world. Headquartered in Las Vegas with offices in London, Toronto, Singapore and Sao Paulo, UFC produces more than 40 live events annually that consistently sell out some of the most prestigious arenas around the globe. UFC programming is broadcast in 158 countries and territories to over 1 billion TV households worldwide in 21 different languages. The UFC has a multi-year broadcast agreement with FOX in the U.S., which annually includes four live events broadcast on the FOX network, as well as The Ultimate Fighter® reality television show and thousands of hours of programming on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. In 2014, UFC launched UFC FIGHT PASS®, a digital subscription service that is available throughout the world with exclusive live events, thousands of fights on-demand and original content. The UFC organization also licenses over 100 UFC GYM® locations, and owns UFC.TV® (offering live event broadcasts and video on-demand around the world), UFC FIT® (an in-home fitness and nutrition program), UFC Magazine, and has a videogame franchise with EA SPORTS, UFC Fight Club®, UFC Fan Expo®, UFC branded apparel, DVDs and Blu-rays and Topps Trading Cards. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, Twitter and Instagram: @UFC. About Titan FC Purchased by former Alchemist Management Chairman Jeff Aronson in 2014, Titan FC is dedicated to establishing itself as a marquee promotion for both up-and-coming and veteran fighters. Aronson immediately developed a #FansFightersFirst creed geared towards providing fans with great, action-packed fights and fighters with an opportunity to showcase their skills on a competitive platform. Aronson offers each fighter an out clause in the event the UFC offers them an opportunity to compete for their promotion. He also developed a creative way to incentivize each fighter in the form of a finishing bonus for those who win by Submission or (T)KO. Titan FC alumni include Alan Belcher, Tim Sylvia, Mike Ricci, Bobby Voelker, Jorge Gurgel, Gerald Harris, Jens Pulver, Bobby Lashley, Dennis Hallman, Jay Hieron, and Matt Riddle..
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