{"id":367996,"date":"2026-04-07T15:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367996\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:05:08","slug":"professional-fighters-league-partners-with-sky-new-zealand-for-exclusive-broadcast-rights-sports-video-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/367996\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Fighters League Partners with Sky New Zealand for Exclusive Broadcast Rights \u2013 Sports Video Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a deal with Sky New Zealand to exclusively broadcast 16 PFL Global events in 2026. The next broadcast on Sky New Zealand will be April 11 for PFL Chicago, featuring Sergio Pettis (25-7) vs. Mitch McKee (10-0) in the main event and Jordan Newman (8-0) vs. Josh Silveira (15-5) in the co-main event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSky is synonymous with premium sport in New Zealand, and so we\u2019re incredibly excited to announce our new partnership for the iconic broadcaster to exclusively show all 16 PFL Global events in 2026,\u201d says John Martin, CEO, PFL. \u201cNew Zealand has an incredibly rich sporting culture, and with fighters on the PFL roster such as Jay-Jay \u2018The M\u0101ori Kid\u2019 Wilson who wears his heritage proudly, we\u2019re looking forward to showcasing our product to the fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPFL has been investing in developing talent across Aotearoa, Australia and the Pacific \u2013 and it shows,\u201d says Adam Crothers, Head of Content Partnerships, Sky New Zealand. \u201cThat growing local presence makes it a compelling addition to our Sky sport line-up, as we know fans are eager to follow athletes who represent our region on the world stage. We\u2019re looking forward to an exciting year of PFL on Sky.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has announced a deal with Sky New Zealand to exclusively broadcast 16 PFL&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-367996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}