A summary of the most exciting news in multicultural sports marketing. If you’re trying to keep up, consider this your one-stop shop.
- ONE Championship will have its first ever media tour to the United States from Feb. 25-28. The MMA heavyweight tour will pass through Seattle (Feb. 25), Los Angeles (Feb. 26) and Las Vegas (Feb. 28) with the LA and Vegas events open to the public. As part of the media tour, Johnson, Alvarez, and Northcutt will be hosting open-mat demonstrations in Los Angeles at Clube LA and at Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas.
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State Farm locked its first-ever sponsorship of an individual professional esports athlete, signing a deal with Benjamin “DrLupo” Lupo. The captain of Rogue’s Fortnite team boasts 2.9 million followers on Twitch and 7 million followers across all social platforms. Terms of the sponsorship include State Farm support of DrLupo’s livestreams through branded replays, live in-stream stunts and product integrations, event-based remote streams, sponsored giveaways, and social content. “Being given the opportunity to work with State Farm is, without a doubt, huge,” DrLupo stated. “I couldn’t imagine a better company to work with, and I’m excited to see what we can do together in the future.”
- UFC confirmed an extension of its partnership with Volkswagen do Brazil, in which Amarok will continue to serve as the “Official Car Partner” of UFC in Brazil until 2020. As part of the new deal, Amarok will have logo placement inside UFC’s Octagon at events in the country. According to a Washington Post poll, 38% of mixed martial arts fans are African-American, and 31% are Hispanics.
The Portada Brand-Sports Summit in Los Angeles on March 15, 2019 (Hotel Loews Santa Monica) will provide a unique setting for brand marketers to learn about the opportunities sports and soccer content offers to engage consumers in the U.S. and Latin America.
- According to Forbes, ESPN is reportedly in talks with the MLB to extend its media rights for live games, for seven more years. Baseball content is “an enormous part of ESPN’s strategy”, ESPN spokesman Ben Cafardo told the business magazine and explained that Baseball Tonight would continue as part of MLB’s premier-tier events. 31% of MLB players are Latino, according to ESPN.
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