FloSports and United World Wrestling announce 4-year partnership

AUSTIN, Texas (November 16, 2020) – Live sports streaming innovator, FloSports, and United World Wrestling (UWW), the international governing body for the sport of wrestling, today announced a major media rights partnership to broadcast elite global wrestling events to fans in the United States on FloSports’ industry-leading FloWrestling platform. 

Starting in 2021, the exclusive 4-year partnership will feature over 95 international wrestling competition events throughout the partnership and will include UWW’s World Championships, Continental Championships, World Ranking Series, Olympic Qualifiers, Beach Wrestling World Series, and more. The partnership with UWW reaffirms FloWrestling’s leadership in the sport of wrestling as the innovative digital platform will now broadcast over 300 events a year while continuing to produce compelling, insightful content and 24/7 wrestling news coverage, making FloWrestling the #1 digital destination for wrestling fans both in the United States and around the world.

FloWrestling continues to innovate in the sport of wrestling having successfully launched its own competition event in the summer of 2020 that made the industry stand up and take notice. In a thrilling card that featured Kyle Dake and Frank Chamizo, the widely-viewed matchup was a hit with both subscribers and wrestling media. The Olympic Channel even called the highly-anticipated event “...a wrestling bout that lived up to all the pre-game hype and more.” New FloWrestling sowned & operated competition events are drawing some of the most respected athletes in the world. This past weekend, Olympic Gold medalist and 5x World Champion Jordan Burroughs competed in matchup against 2x NCAA Champion Zahid Valencia on a card that also featured elite women’s wrestlers including Alli Ragan and Lauren Louive.

FloWrestling’s highly-respected team of writers and content producers also have earned high marks from fans with its ongoing dedicated and in-depth coverage of the latest news in wrestling along with original documentaries including “Bad Cut” and “The Crossing: The Anthony Echemendia Story.” “We are confident in FloSports ability to promote wrestling in the United States,” said United World Wrestling Commercial

Operations and Communications Director, Gordon Templeman. “They will be an important partner and we know that they will deliver fans top-quality content from the international wrestling community.”

“United World Wrestling symbolizes the pinnacle of global wrestling featuring elite competitors representing the highest skill level among athletes,” says David Weiss, SVP, Global Rights Acquisition, FloSports. “The caliber of competitors at these international events produce maximum entertainment value for our subscribers and fans across the country. We are proud to once again partner with UWW and put a spotlight on wrestling in 2021 as we head into the Olympics and beyond. As the leading digital destination for the global wrestling community, we look forward to bringing so much incredible wrestling competition to fans in the United States.”

● Senior World Championships

● U-23 World Championships

● Junior World Championships

● Cadet World Championships

● Veterans World Championships

● Pan-Am Championships

● Junior Pan-Am Championships

● Cadet Pan-Am Championships

● European Championships

● Junior European Championships

● Asian Championships

● Junior Asian Championships

● World Ranking Series Event #1

● World Ranking Series Event #2

● World Olympic Qualifiers

● African and Oceania Qualifiers

● European Qualifiers

● Asian Olympic Qualifiers

● Beach Wrestling Stop #1

● Beach Wrestling Stop #2

● Beach Wrestling Stop #3

● Beach Wrestling Grand Finale

● Senior World Grappling Championships

To access live and on-demand coverage of UWW events and more, visit FloWrestling to become an annual subscriber. FloWrestling subscribers also receive complete access to the entire network of FloSports verticals ranging from motorsports, cycling, cheerleading, football, baseball, softball, grappling and more. Watch the live events across all screens by downloading the FloSports app on iOS, Android, Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Chromecast.