For the first time in history, COMBATE GLOBAL events will be distributed live in Spanish, free of charge on the world’s number one streaming video destination.
The action kicks off with live COMBATE GLOBAL action from Miami, beginning with “Combate Female” on March 13.

MIAMI – February 25, 2025 –COMBATE GLOBAL today announced its transition to worldwide distribution of live, premium Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) events on YouTube, beginning with a star-studded ‘Combate Female’, all-women’s fight card, on Thursday, March 13 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT from TelevisaUnivision’s studios in Miami. COMBATE GLOBAL will be YouTube’s first
premium producer of live MMA programming for global distribution.

The agreement marks the first time in history that COMBATE GLOBAL events, in their entirety, will be distributed live, globally and free-of-charge in Spanish to consumers worldwide on the world’s number one streaming video platform.

Following the ‘Combate Female’ show on March 13, the action will continue with live COMBATE GLOBAL events on Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, April 24, respectively.

“With YouTube in our corner as it grows its interest in live sports, COMBATE GLOBAL will be able to achieve its mission of delivering ‘Much More Action’ to a global Spanish-speaking audience via the biggest streaming video platform on the planet,” said COMBATE GLOBAL CEO Campbell McLaren. “COMBATE GLOBAL couldn’t ask for a better partner than YouTube as we launch full speed into the future and spearhead the rapid growth and engagement of our live audiences,” McLaren continued.

The live events will stream on COMBATE GLOBAL’s YouTube channel and be supported by a call- to-action on the YouTube “Live” button, immediately prior to the start of each show.

Additionally, several different YouTube content creators will produce and publish content covering COMBATE GLOBAL’s upcoming events and star athletes on the creators’ respective YouTube channels in advance of each show. The creators will be given exclusive, “behind the scenes” access to COMBATE GLOBAL’s athletes as they undergo high intensity training ahead of
their fights. Viewers will witness for the first time and up close what it takes to fight and win in the COMBATE GLOBAL ring.

COMBATE GLOBAL’s transition to worldwide distribution on YouTube comes on the heels of another banner year for COMBATE GLOBAL live television event viewership and organic digital audience growth.

COMBATE GLOBAL content receives an average of 385 million organic monthly views across all its social media channels.

At the close of 2024, the COMBATE GLOBAL YouTube channel content garnered a 24 percent increase in audience watch time and a 26 percent increase in revenue from 2023. It has also experienced a 140 percent increase in audience engagement for its YouTube Shorts video content, all organically, since 2023.

Its top five performing Hispanic consumer markets for YouTube content consumption have been the U.S., Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Ecuador.

COMBATE GLOBAL, which has more than once outperformed both the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Major League Soccer (MLS) in terms of live television audience viewership, also has one of the youngest television audiences of any sports property in the U.S., with nearly 50 percent of its total television audience fitting into the coveted A1849 demographic.

Additional information about COMBATE GLOBAL and its athletes can be found on www.CombateGlobal.com, as well as on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.