Nikolas Sargeant
DeFiChain, the world’s leading blockchain on the Bitcoin network dedicated to bringing decentralized financial applications and services to everyone, announced on Tuesday, March 7th, that its community has voted to sponsor the National Fighting Championship (NFC) this year. The NFC is the German version of the widely known UFC, in charge of the mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting league in Germany.
In a press release shared with Cryptowisser, DeFiChain said NFC is the biggest German MMA league, with the latest NFC event (NFC 10) reaching more than 10 million viewers worldwide. The Championship is hosting six live events in 2023, and each event attracts 2,500-6,000 fans onsite. The fights are also broadcast on German television on Sport1 as well as on social media.
DeFiChain revealed that will sponsor the following five of the six events this year:
- 25 March, 2023: NFC 13 Westfalenhallen Dortmund
- 27 May, 2023: NFC 14 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
- 16 September, 2023: NFC 15 Telekom Dome Bonn
- 11 November 2023: NFC 16 Showpalast Munich
- 16 December, 2023: NFC 17 Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
While commenting on this latest development, Michael Ortlepp, Managing Director of the NFC organizer Fighting GmbH, said,
“It is a great joy and privilege for us to announce our partnership with DeFiChain. NFC, as well as DeFiChain, follow the same values and goals and are made for a great partnership that will have a lasting effect on the German MMA scene.”
Benedikt Keck, Project Lead NFC Sponsoring at DeFiChain, added that;
“I’m really happy about the partnership between us and the team of fighting.de. With the DeFiChain sponsored 10,000€ “Fighter of the Night Bonus,” we are able to give the fighters the appreciation they deserve. Our community is looking forward to being part of this fantastic fighting community.”
The sponsorship gives DeFiChain the opportunity to appeal to more crypto enthusiasts in Germany, as its community base in the German market has been growing in recent times.
DeFiChain revealed that it would sponsor a "Fighter Of The Night Bonus" for the best fight of the evening. In the spirit of the game, the fighters will be paid directly in DFI in their Wallet. They will be able to spend it however they want or use it to invest in dStocks or liquidity mining on DeFiChain to earn more rewards.
In addition to that, there will also be a “Fan of the Night Bonus,” where one fan will be randomly selected during the live event, and if they can show that they have the DeFiChain Wallet installed, they will get 1,000 DFI.
DeFiChain is a decentralized Proof-of-Stake blockchain created as a hard fork of the Bitcoin network to enable advanced DeFi applications. The network is dedicated to enabling fast, intelligent, and transparent decentralized financial services. DeFiChain offers liquidity mining, staking, decentralized assets, and decentralized loans. The DeFiChain Foundation's mission is to bring DeFi to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
