Karate Combat

Karate Combat Becomes First Professional Sports League to Grant Its Community NFT & Videogame Commercialization Rights

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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Karate Combat , the worlds premier full-contact striking league, today announced it will become the first professional sports league to embrace new, permissive Web3 IP licensing models, granting its community NFT and videogame commercialization rights.

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  • Karate Combat , the worlds premier full-contact striking league, today announced it will become the first professional sports league to embrace new, permissive Web3 IP licensing models, granting its community NFT and videogame commercialization rights.
  • Creators can retain 80% of the revenue they generate from Karate Combat IP, with the other 20% being shared equally between Karate Combat fighters and the Karate Combat community.
  • Karate Combat recently announced that it will be the first professional sports league to transition to a DAO, governed by the $KARATE token.
  • Karate Combat is the worlds premier striking league and the first sports league to be structured as a DAO.

Karate Combat Sets Reach & Viewership Records Ahead of League’s ‘Biggest Giveaway in Sports History’ Announcement

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Monday, September 19, 2022
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Karate Combat, the worlds premier full contact striking league, set new reach and viewership records in August as it prepares to announce the biggest giveaway in sports history on September 28th at 8AM ET/5AM PT.

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  • Karate Combat, the worlds premier full contact striking league, set new reach and viewership records in August as it prepares to announce the biggest giveaway in sports history on September 28th at 8AM ET/5AM PT.
  • Reach and impression records were also set across social media, with Augusts total social impressions on Karate Combat channels breaking 220,000,000, a new monthly high for the league.
  • Reach and impression records were also set across social media, with Augusts total social impressions on Karate Combat channels breaking 220 million, a new monthly high for the league.
  • Upcomings events for Karate Combat include:
    On September 28th, Karate Combat will announce the biggest giveaway in sports history at 8AM ET / 5AM PT.

2.1M Livestream Viewers Tune in for Karate Combat 35, Set New Viewership Record for Organization

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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
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Karate Combat has set new viewership records from event to event throughout 2022 and that pattern continued with Karate Combat 35 as the Saturday, August 27 shattered viewership and social media records for the organization.

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  • Karate Combat has set new viewership records from event to event throughout 2022 and that pattern continued with Karate Combat 35 as the Saturday, August 27 shattered viewership and social media records for the organization.
  • A combined livestream audience of 2.1m viewers watched Karate Combat 35 live online, accessing streams made available on Metas Facebook and Instagram platforms plus YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Karate.com.
  • Karate Combat 35 breaks an audience record which was set just two months prior by the Karate Combat: Season 4 Finale in June, with the August event scoring a 23% increase in viewership.
  • The social impression numbers are for Karate Combat owned channels alone and do not include posts made by Karate Combat athletes, media outlets and influencers during the event.

Karate Combat Continues Rapid Ascent of Tubular Labs Leaderboards for Sports Content Creators: Now Ranked #53 in USA

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Friday, August 19, 2022
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Figures released this month by Tubular Labs, the global leader in independent social video intelligence and measurement, show Karate Combat continuing its rapid rise through the ranks of Americas sports content creators.

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  • Figures released this month by Tubular Labs, the global leader in independent social video intelligence and measurement, show Karate Combat continuing its rapid rise through the ranks of Americas sports content creators.
  • Karate Combat has also risen 15 places in the global rankings for sports content creators on Facebook and is now ranked at #79 for Global Media and Entertainment Creators on the Meta-owned platform.
  • These new leaderboard rankings further increased the distance between Karate Combat over both the PFL and Bellator, both of which are global-scale Mixed Martial Arts leagues based in the USA.
  • Tubular is the only company that is a member of the YouTube Measurement Program and a Facebook Measurement Partner.

Karate Combat Breaks Into Tubular Labs’ Top 50 Leaderboard for US Sports Facebook Creators on Success of the League’s Recently Wrapped ‘Season 4’

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
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Additionally, Karate Combat is now #66 on the leaderboard ranking for US Sports Creators Cross-Platform (up 56 spots since May) and #94 for Global Media and Entertainment Creators on Facebook, up 113 spots over May.

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  • Additionally, Karate Combat is now #66 on the leaderboard ranking for US Sports Creators Cross-Platform (up 56 spots since May) and #94 for Global Media and Entertainment Creators on Facebook, up 113 spots over May.
  • In total, Tubular Labs credits Karate Combat with over 60 million cross-platform digital video views in June 2022, up from 35.2 million digital video views in May.
  • The company provides a unified view of the shifting values and interests of audiences across YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and more.
  • Tubular is the only company that is a member of the YouTube Measurement Program and a Facebook Measurement Partner .

Karate Combat Announces Champion vs. Champion Superfight Quayhagen vs. Rocha to Headline KC35 on Saturday, August 27

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Thursday, July 14, 2022
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Karate Combat today announced their first-ever champion vs. champion super fight as the headline bout in Karate Combat 35 (#KC35) on Saturday, August 27, 7PM ET/4PM PT at The Backlot @ Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida.

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  • Karate Combat today announced their first-ever champion vs. champion super fight as the headline bout in Karate Combat 35 (#KC35) on Saturday, August 27, 7PM ET/4PM PT at The Backlot @ Universal Studios Florida in Orlando, Florida.
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    Champion vs Champion: Welterweight champion Josh Quayhagen and lightweight champion Luiz 'Pitbull' Rocha clash in the KC35 headliner on 8/27.
  • Calling Quayhagen out by name, Rocha challenged the welterweight champion to a duel in The Pit.
  • These two have the most fights and wins in Karate Combat history, said Adam Kovacs, Karate Combat President.

Karate Combat Announces a 125%+ Viewership Increase for ‘Karate Combat: Season 4’ Finale

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Monday, July 11, 2022
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Social impressions on Season Four Finale event day topped 12.5 million, up more than 63% versus the premiere event of Season 4 in May and setting a new social impressions record for the promotion.

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  • Social impressions on Season Four Finale event day topped 12.5 million, up more than 63% versus the premiere event of Season 4 in May and setting a new social impressions record for the promotion.
  • Additionally, a network of linear and OTT TV global distribution partners delivered Karate Combat: Season 4 to millions of households worldwide.
  • The Karate Combat Season Four Finale delivered in every way, from the fighters performances in The Pit to the record streaming numbers generated by our global fan base.
  • Karate Combat is the only combat sports league to blend the excitement of live-action, full-contact Karate with immersive CGI environments powered by the Epic Games Unreal gaming engine.

Karate Combat and TicketSocket Announce Official Ticketing and Commercial Partnership

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Thursday, July 7, 2022
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220707005751/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220707005751/en/
    This agreement will see TicketSocket become both the official ticketing platform partner of Karate Combat as well as a commercial partner invested in co-marketing the leagues live events and other initiatives.
  • TicketSocket will bring an improved, secure ticketing experience to Karate Combat fans.
  • And as part of the partnership, TicketSocket will provide marketing and sponsorship support for Karate Combats forthcoming live events.
  • TicketSocket CEO Mark Miller said, TicketSocket prides itself in our strategic alliances and Karate Combat is no exception.

And New! Ross Levine Wins Karate Combat World Middleweight Championship in Main Event

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Sunday, June 26, 2022
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The Karate Combat World Middleweight Championship belt has a new home around the waist of the USAs Turbo Ross Levine after shutting out defending champion Shahin The Lion Atamov with a striking masterclass over five hard-fought rounds in the main event.

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  • The Karate Combat World Middleweight Championship belt has a new home around the waist of the USAs Turbo Ross Levine after shutting out defending champion Shahin The Lion Atamov with a striking masterclass over five hard-fought rounds in the main event.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220626005048/en/
    Brooklyns Ross Levine is the new Karate Combat World Middleweight Champion (Photo: Business Wire)
    In the co-headline bout, Irelands Eoghan Chelmiah made a successful first defense of his Karate Combat World Bantamweight Championship in a rematch with French rival Illies The Madman Mardhi, taking a fourth-round TKO win after Mardhi was forced to retire with an injury.
  • Varga now sets his sights on the Karate Combat World Lightweight Championship and believes his win over Assis may place him in immediate contention.
  • Karate itself boasts more participants than MMA around the world the World Karate Federation claims there are 100 million practitioners around the world - and is a respected Olympic event.

Karate Combat Announces Season 4 - Event 4: ‘Atamov vs. Levine’ to Take Place on June 25th at Universal Studios in Orlando Florida

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Thursday, May 26, 2022
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Karate Combat, the underground fight phenomenon changing the game in sports-entertainment, today confirmed that two world title fights will headline the upcoming Karate Combat: Season 4: Atamov vs. Levine event taking place at Universal Studios, Florida on Saturday, June 25.

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  • Karate Combat, the underground fight phenomenon changing the game in sports-entertainment, today confirmed that two world title fights will headline the upcoming Karate Combat: Season 4: Atamov vs. Levine event taking place at Universal Studios, Florida on Saturday, June 25.
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    Two world title fights headline Karate Combat's June 25 event at Universal Studios in Florida, USA.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    The stacked card being assembled for this landmark event will also host the Karate Combat debut of former Bellator and GLORY Kickboxing champion Gabriel Varga.
  • Now 3-0 in Karate Combat, she faces Brazilian battler Ana Ferreira Da Silva and will be calling for a world title shot if she wins.