WEC announces television agreement with Globosat in Brazil – broadcasts begin Nov. 18 with ‘Brown vs. Aldo’
By: ProMMA.info
The globalization of Zuffa continues as World Extreme Cagefighting today announced a multi-year television agreement with Brazil’s Pay-TV market leader, the Globosat network. Beginning with a live broadcast of Wednesday’s WEC: Brown vs. Aldo, Globosat will now carry all WEC events on its Combate Brasil martial arts channel.
Combat Brasil is one of Globosat’s 26 channels, and in addition to WEC programming, the channel already airs such Zuffa content as UFC Fight NIght, UFC Unleashed, UFC All Access, and UFC Countdown.
WEC Vice President Peter Dropick commented on the new partnership between the WEC and Globosat,
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