DAZN, the sports streaming service powered by Perform Group, has signed an eight-year deal with sports events promotion company Matchroom Boxing to broadcast 16 live fight nights. The programming will be exclusively available to DAZN users in Canada.
The first fight to be streamed as part of the deal will be the Jessie Vargas v. Thomas Dulorme bout on Oct. 6 in Chicago. The Matchroom deal will last through August 2019 and also includes pre-fight and post-fight original programming produced by DAZN.
“For too long, the fight sports market in Canada has been underserved,” said Joseph Markowski, DAZN SVP, North America, in an official press release.