Roku is working with the UFC to create a three-part original doc series, Fight Inc: Inside the UFC.
The series will stream on The Roku Channel, providing a behind-the-scenes look at pivotal moments during the UFC’s 30th anniversary year. The mixed martial arts org celebrates its anniversary this Saturday (November 11) with fight night at Madison Square Garden.
Fight Inc: Inside the UFC will include access to UFC CEO Dana White and his team as they peel back the curtain for a look at the daily grind and endless problem-solving in the fight business, including rebuilding fight cards on the fly for major events. The series will also chronicle key storylines of the Ufs’s the biggest stars, including the story of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, as he prepares to return after a three-year hiatus. Jones is considered the greatest fighter in UFC history by many.
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The series will stream on The Roku Channel, providing a behind-the-scenes look at pivotal moments during the UFC’s 30th anniversary year. The mixed martial arts org celebrates its anniversary this Saturday (November 11) with fight night at Madison Square Garden.
Fight Inc: Inside the UFC will include access to UFC CEO Dana White and his team as they peel back the curtain for a look at the daily grind and endless problem-solving in the fight business, including rebuilding fight cards on the fly for major events. The series will also chronicle key storylines of the Ufs’s the biggest stars, including the story of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones, as he prepares to return after a three-year hiatus. Jones is considered the greatest fighter in UFC history by many.
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- 11/9/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
UFC Strawweight Champion Rose Namajunas’s life story will be the subject of “Thug Rose: Mixed Martial Artist,” a new documentary that will debut at the Austin Film Festival before premiering on Fight Pass, the combat sport’s official streaming service. The film was produced by UFC, which hopes it will be the first of many such projects.
“We want to do as many these as we possibly can,” Crowley Sullivan, vice president and general manager of Fight Pass, told Variety. “Throughout the history of this sport there are all kinds of personalities and accomplishments that we want to highlight. There are so many stories of athletes rising from modest beginnings to become iconic figures that we want to tell.”
That’s certainly the case with Namajunas, the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, who overcame an abusive childhood and tough economic circumstances, to become one of the fiercest competitors in the...
“We want to do as many these as we possibly can,” Crowley Sullivan, vice president and general manager of Fight Pass, told Variety. “Throughout the history of this sport there are all kinds of personalities and accomplishments that we want to highlight. There are so many stories of athletes rising from modest beginnings to become iconic figures that we want to tell.”
That’s certainly the case with Namajunas, the daughter of Lithuanian immigrants, who overcame an abusive childhood and tough economic circumstances, to become one of the fiercest competitors in the...
- 10/18/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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