Karate Combat Announces New US Media Rights & Distribution Partnerships

Newly-Announced Partnerships With ESPN, CBS Sports And Other Leading Linear And Streaming Media Partners Significantly Increases Audience Reach In World’s Most Valuable Sports Rights Market

Karate Combat, the world’s premier full contact striking league, today announced a new US distribution structure which increases the league’s audience and reach significantly in the most valuable sports media rights market.

Karate Combat will blend the biggest and best live-streaming and social media platforms along with top linear TV and cable partners in sports broadcasting, culminating in the largest US reach in the league’s history. Distribution of Karate Combat in the US will now consist of:

• CBS Sports Network: Linear TV distribution of a :60 minute event highlights show
• ESPN Deportes: Linear TV distribution of a weekly :30 minute event highlights show
• Bally’s Sports: Digital distribution of all full live events
• beIN Sports XTRA: Linear TV and digital distribution of all full live events
• Continued free distribution of the league’s full live events on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and Karate.com. Unlike other MMA organizations, Karate Combat does not limit livestreams to undercard matches only. Instead, choosing to share the league’s full events with millions of fans

Summed up, this new slew of partnerships significantly increases Karate Combat’s US distribution to the highest levels in league history, serving digital natives, cord cutters and traditional TV viewers.

Additionally, with this new distribution structure in place, Karate Combat now offers brand partners the ability to reach more customers, tailor delivery to specific audiences and deliver effective reach and frequency to all key US male demographics, with a particular emphasis on the valuable and hard to reach male 18-34 audience.

Karate Combat will return to action on December 17th, for “Karate Combat 37” live from the Backlots of Universal Studio in Orlando, Florida. Tickets are on sale now at www.karate.com/tickets and fans can learn how to best view the league’s events at www.karate.com/how-to-watch.

In December, Karate Combat will also become the first professional sports league to launch a DAO and transition governance rights to its fans and athletes. Half of the $KARATE governance tokens will be distributed for free over time to the Karate Combat community for participation in the DAO and the League’s Up Only Gaming application.

$KARATE token holders will also be rewarded for their knowledge of the sport by earning additional tokens for successfully predicting Karate Combat bout winners. No tokens will be lost for unsuccessful predictions, but successful predictions will be rewarded with extra $KARATE tokens.

Karate Combat will begin distributing the $KARATE token for free, giving away up to 50% of the company to fans and fighters. To claim yours, register for the airdrop waiting list now at www.karate.com/airdrop. No purchase will be necessary to download the Karate Combat application or claim $KARATE tokens.

About Karate Combat

Karate Combat is the world’s premier striking league and the first sports league to be structured as a DAO. The league is also the only global leader to blend live-action sports with immersive CGI environments powered by the Epic Games Unreal gaming engine. World champions and olympic medalists from around the world compete in eight different weight divisions in pursuit of Karate Combat World Championship belts and will participate in token-based governance. Karate Combat is owned by the Sensei Foundation, a Cayman Islands Foundation Company, and a subsidiary of Sensei Foundation BVI, a purpose trust established in the British Virgin Islands to promote the league and the sport of karate. For more information, please visit www.Karate.com

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