{"id":320422,"date":"2025-12-01T11:19:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320422\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T11:19:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:19:08","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-becomes-shareholder-in-wow-fc-expands-into-mma-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/320422\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo becomes shareholder in WOW FC, expands into MMA promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has ventured into the world of mixed martial arts by becoming a shareholder in the Spanish MMA promotion WOW FC, marking a major crossover between global football stardom and combat sports.<\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese icon, currently representing Al-Nassr and the Portugal national team, announced the partnership on his official X (formerly Twitter) account. \u201cI\u2019m excited to share some big news: I will become a shareholder of @wowfcmma! We share values I truly believe in &#8211; discipline, respect, resilience, and the constant pursuit of excellence,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cristiano\/status\/1995102625096679497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo added that he has followed MMA for years and sees WOW FC as a promotion with significant potential. \u201cWOW FC is building something unique and powerful, and I\u2019m proud to join this project to help elevate the sport and inspire the next generation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The promotion\u2019s co-owner and UFC champion Ilia Topuria welcomed Ronaldo\u2019s involvement, calling it \u201ca powerful moment for the entire sport\u201d and stating that their aim is to take MMA to \u201cnew heights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WOW FC also celebrated the announcement, saying, \u201cCristiano is much more than a sports icon; he is a global role model on and off the field. One of the greatest athletes of all time is joining our family to further accelerate the global growth of MMA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo\u2019s move marks yet another high-profile step in his post-football business expansion, bringing star power and global attention to the rising MMA promotion.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo has ventured into the world of mixed martial arts by becoming a shareholder in the Spanish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,150117,180522,786,17499,785,180525,180527,180523,180526,85,180528,180524],"class_list":["post-320422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-combat-sports-news","tag-cristiano-ronaldo-wow-fc","tag-fighting","tag-ilia-topuria","tag-mma","tag-mma-business-expansion","tag-mma-growth","tag-ronaldo-mma-venture","tag-ronaldo-shareholder","tag-sports","tag-sports-crossover","tag-wow-fc-promotion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}