Poker news tagged with 'mixed martial arts'

PokerStars is now the exclusive "poker partner" of the UFC. Photo by UFC.com, Public Domain

One of the world's leading online poker rooms has announced an exclusive partnership with the UFC.
PokerStars has confirmed it is now the "official poker partner" of arguably the biggest mixed martial arts (MMA) franchise on the planet. UFC has been in existence since 1993, long before the establishment of online poker. However, it wasn't until the late 2000s and early 2010s when UFC would become a global brand, thanks to mainstream media coverage, with their latest five-year media rights agreement with ESPN worth an approximate $1.5 billion. It's not the first time that the owners of PokerStars have sought to get into other sports, having acquired one of the world's largest sports betting operators last year in a deal worth $4.7 billion.

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Terrence Chan, 31, has won PokerStars' Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) two times and has had a very successful online poker career in general. Apart from being a good poker, Chan's also good at Kick Boxing and Brazilian JiuJitsu, two sports that he has practiced for many years. In fact, his interest for martial arts have overshaded poker recently and last year he became a MMA-fighter and had his first fight, which he won on technical knockout.

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