Eric Bischoff ensures that Real American Freestyle will get a media deal.
The creation of Real American Freestyle has been a major talking point in the world of combat sports, with some even wondering where the promotion will stream or broadcast their events.
Ariel Helwani asked Eric Bischoff the same question in a new interview. Bischoff was confident in his response, ensuring that the promotion will end up on a platform by the time August rolls around.
“Well, there’s two answers. In the short term, as a matter of fact as soon as we’re done with this, I have a call with a major platform that everybody would know about and recognize. We may end up there, we may not. We’re going to end up on a platform on August 30th. We’re in discussions, I don’t even want to call them negotiations, we’ll be really straight forward with you on this. We’re in discussions with two different platforms, like I said, one in the next 45 minutes. I’m confident that we’re going to land a steaming opportunity, and it may be cable or broadcast, but time will tell. It’s a challenge in that the exciting thing about creating something new and something that nobody has ever done before is that, you know, if you’re successful it’s a major accomplishment. The downside is, you’ve got to convince somebody, you’ve got to convince a network or platform that your vision is real and that we can execute on it and that we can build on it. Those conversations have gone great and I am not concerned that we won’t have a platform, I’m only concerned with which one it will be and how it will work for us.”
Fightful will continue to update fans on Real American Freestyle and their possible media deal.
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