This weekend’s UFC 249 event represents more than one of the most stacked mixed martial arts cards of all time. It also represents one of the first significant steps back to live sport amid the Covid-19 pandemic. With two championship fights and an array of UFC stars on the bill, UFC 249 – to be broadcast live on SuperSport 1 and 11 on Sunday morning (03:00 AM) – promises to be both explosive and unusual.
SuperSport Champions EFC + Double EFC champion, Dalcha Lungiambula, signs with UFC This week SuperSport, the leader in sports broadcasting, confirmed a multi-year broadcast partnership with EFC, a world renowned Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) organisation. With the global meteoric growth of MMA and EFC over the last 10 years, SuperSport has doubled down on the sport and now brings DStv customers in Africa the best MMA content that the world has to offer: partnering with UFC, the Las Vegas based global MMA powerhouse, plus now EFC, the African based sport entertainment sensation. “Well aware of the international growth of MMA,…