On October 18th in Köln, Germany, OKTAGON MMA will host their thirteenth occasion of the 12 months, however this card could also be one of the crucial pivotal occasions within the promotions historical past. For the primary time for the reason that Klitschko brothers dominated boxing, a fight sports activities can be aired dwell on German cable tv. This occasion is loaded with German stars comparable to Alina Dalaslan and Christian Eckerlin, with OKTAGON hoping they’ll attain a complete new demographic by family tv.
OKTAGON’s relationship with RTL, the highest streaming and tv firm in Germany has gone exceedingly properly over the previous 12 months. RTL+ is the German dwelling of OKTAGON, a subscription primarily based service much like ESPN+ or Hulu in the US. OKTAGON has already managed to develop their attain extensively by this partnership, evident by the large German occasions that proceed to promote out. RTL+ serves roughly 6 million subscribers, however the variety of German family televisions with cable entry is estimated to be upwards of 40 million, that means this can be a unbelievable alternative for OKTAGON to develop even additional.
The cardboard itself options a number of prime skills hailing from Germany, with many up and coming prospects opening the present. Atop the cardboard, the King of Germany Christian Eckerlin faces the veteran Ivica Trušček. Within the co-main occasion, rising star Alina Dalaslan faces fellow German Katharina Lehner. Additionally on the cardboard, the rising star Tamerlan Dulatov returns, in addition to Arijan Topallaj appears to proper the wrongs of his final struggle. Whereas the German followers can be cheering for these fighters, there isn’t a doubt that each athlete competing understands simply how huge of a chance this occasion is.
With OKTAGON persevering with to make sensible strategic strikes each with media and promotion, it’s no shock that they’ve earned the fitting to be the primary fight sport aired on RTL+ in over 15 years. For these in Germany, you possibly can watch this groundbreaking occasion on RTL and RTL+, and international viewers can watch the cardboard by way of OKTAGON.television.
