DeFiChain, the leading blockchain on the Bitcoin network dedicated to providing decentralized financial applications and services, is pleased to announce that its community voted to sponsor this year’s National Fighting Championship (NFC). The NFC is Germany’s version of the UFC and oversees Germany’s mixed martial arts (MMA) fighting league.
A New Sports Frontier
The NFC is the largest MMA league in Germany, with the latest event (NFC 10) attracting over 10 million viewers worldwide. There will be six live events in 2023, each attracting 2,500-6,000 fans. The fights will be broadcast on German television on Sport1 and social media.
DeFiChain will be sponsoring five of the six events this year:
- 25th of March, 2023: NFC 13 at Westfalenhallen Dortmund
- 27th of May, 2023: NFC 14 at Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
- 16th of September, 2023: NFC 15 at Telekom Dome Bonn
- 11th of November, 2023: NFC 16 at Showpalast Munich
- 16th of December, 2023: NFC 17 at Maritim Hotel Düsseldorf
Michael Ortlepp, Managing Director of the NFC organizer Fighting GmbH, said:
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with DeFiChain. NFC and DeFiChain share the same values and objectives, making them a great partnership that will have a lasting impact on the German MMA scene.”
A Big Boon For DeFiChain
DeFiChain has a growing community base in the German market. Sponsoring the largest German MMA league will enable DeFiChain to attract more people who are curious about cryptocurrency. Before sponsoring the NFC, DeFiChain worked with several agencies to conduct market research. The research showed that crypto users and developers are highly interested in gaming, basketball, fighting sports, and drone racing.
Benedikt Keck, Project Lead of NFC Sponsoring at DeFiChain, adds:
“I am thrilled about the partnership between us and the team at fighting.de. With the DeFiChain sponsored 10,000€ “Fighter of the Night Bonus,” we can give the fighters the recognition they deserve. Our community is excited to be a part of this fantastic fighting community.”
DeFiChain will also sponsor a “Fighter Of The Night Bonus” for the best fight of the evening. The fighters will be paid directly in DFI in their Wallet. They can spend it however they want or use it to invest in dStocks or liquidity mining on DeFiChain to earn more rewards. 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 receive 1,000 DFI.
DeFiChain is a fully decentralized blockchain with on-chain governance. Since its mainnet launch in May 2020, the project has seen enthusiastic participation from the community in almost all aspects of the blockchain, from masternodes, projects, tools, governance, economic ideas, to code governance.
Its codebase has been developed in an open-source manner and has been widely peer-reviewed and discussed by many.
