{"id":157,"date":"2019-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/pokerstars-strengthens-sponsorship-hand-with-ufc-partnership\/"},"modified":"2019-01-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T00:00:00","slug":"pokerstars-strengthens-sponsorship-hand-with-ufc-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/pokerstars-strengthens-sponsorship-hand-with-ufc-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"POKERSTARS STRENGTHENS SPONSORSHIP HAND WITH UFC PARTNERSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Streeter<\/p>\n<p><strong>PokerStars<\/strong>\u00a0became the UFC\u2019s first-ever \u2018Official Poker Partner\u2019 at last weekend\u2019s UFC 232 event, which took place at the The Forum in Inglewood, California.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership saw the creation of a new sponsorship category, underlining the UFC\u2019s continued quest for marketing expansion.<\/p>\n<p>At the hugely successful event, PokerStars enjoyed a branded presence inside the world-famous Octagon at UFC\u2019s final Pay-Per-View event of 2018, \u2018UFC 232: Jones vs. Gustafsson 2\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the partnership,\u00a0<strong>Paul Asencio, UFC Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships\u00a0<\/strong>outlined: \u201cWe\u2019re excited that PokerStars has joined our roster of global partners and has helped us create a new sponsorship category for our final event of 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement lays the foundation to work together with PokerStars in the future to grow our respective customer bases in key markets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christopher Coyne, Chief Marketing Officer of Stars Interactive, a division of The Stars Group<\/strong>\u00a0added: \u201cUFC and PokerStars have a lot in common. We want to thrill and entertain, both in our products and customer experience. UFC is the world\u2019s leading MMA promoter with millions of fans and followers around the globe, while PokerStars is the heavyweight of online poker. It\u2019s a classic combination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will go down as a historic one, as it marked all time great Jon Jones\u2019 return to the Octagon, as he defeated Alexander Gustafsson in round three of their Light-heavyweight title contest.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,\u00a0Amanda Nunes secured her place in the history books, when she dethroned women\u2019s Featherweight Champion Cris Cyborg, to become the first ever two weight female UFC champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"author__bio\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p class=\"comment-form-comment\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"comment\">Comment<\/label><br \/>\n<textarea aria-required=\"true\" cols=\"45\" id=\"comment\" name=\"comment\" placeholder=\"Message\" rows=\"8\"><\/textarea><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-author\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"author\">Name<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"author\" name=\"author\" placeholder=\"Name...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-email\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"name\">Email<\/label><input aria-required=\"true\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" placeholder=\"Email...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-url\"><label class=\"show-on-ie8\" for=\"url\">Url<\/label><input id=\"url\" name=\"url\" placeholder=\"Website...\" size=\"30\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"comment-form-cookies-consent\"><input id=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" name=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"yes\"\/> <label for=\"wp-comment-cookies-consent\">Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.<\/label><\/p>\n<p class=\"form-submit\"><input class=\"submit\" id=\"comment-submit\" name=\"submit\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\"\/> <input id=\"comment_post_ID\" name=\"comment_post_ID\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"2631\"\/> <input id=\"comment_parent\" name=\"comment_parent\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Streeter PokerStars\u00a0became the UFC\u2019s first-ever \u2018Official Poker Partner\u2019 at last weekend\u2019s UFC 232 event, which took place at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. 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