XFC Streams First Installment of “YoungGuns”
by Emily Nagle
One of Invincible’s newest partnerships, the MMA-focused streaming service, XFCTV – owned by Xtreme Fighting Championships (XFC) – has recently broadcasted its first live event.
The fight, which streamed at 8pm EST on March 27 to over 100 million viewers worldwide, was the first installment of the channel’s YoungGuns Series, which features amateur and professional fighters as young as 19. While this is an opportunity for them to who are gaining worldwide recognition as the stream is accessible throughout North and South America, in addition to parts of Europe.
Taking place at Shawnee, Oklahoma’s FireLake Arena, the tournament kicked off with MMA veteran Braden Smith defeating Franklin Patterson. This was followed by the co-main event as 19-year-old Austin Bashi won in a match against Mason Iacobellis. In the subsequent matches, Enzo Perez won against Tony Clanton through a TKO, and Kris Vereen versus Rico Cato at welterweight. Making their grand entrance to the professional fighting scene, Cody Linne defeated Maika Samson at flyweight, and Quran Walker won against Davi Young at featherweight. In the women’s flyweight division, Kristina Williams defeated Helen Lucero via unanimous decision.
The first amateur fight of the night took place between bantamweights Jared Ray and Datrelle Kozeluh, with Ray defeating Kozeluh via unanimous decision. This was followed by Parker Avendano’s win against Sean Arvelo through anaconda choke before Randy Ray defeated James Robinson. In the featherweight division, Jared Brown beat Jesse Robertson, and Billy Wilson defeated Chad Decker. Lastly, in the light heavyweight division, Kyler Fairchild took down Montaine McFarland.
XFC is the largest independent MMA organization in the world. XFCTV is powered by Invincible’s own Galxy TV, which will bring the combat sports to more television screens around the world through free, ad-supported streaming. A replay of the March 27 tournament is available on the official XFC TV website.