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Platinum Level Sponsorships
$50,000
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Gold Level Sponsorships
$25,000
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Round 2 brought to you by “Sponsor”
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Silver Level Sponsorships
$10,000
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Round 3 brought to you by “Sponsor”
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Service Offering
RUF Nation events are being made available now to state and county fairs which are designed to drive a high number of fans to each location as well as bring notoriety to each location.
- Experienced Promoter with 21 years in the business
- Is the longest active Licensed MMA fight promoter in AZ since 2002
- 40 sold out Boxing & MMA events
- Contracted to numerous Tribal casino properties over the last 17 years
- Promoted shows highlighting talent that is now in the UFC (Cain Velasquez, Ryan Bader, Kelvin Gastelum, John Moraga, CB Dollaway and more)
- Providing a platform for top local and National level fighters to showcase their skills o Exclusive US partner for ONE Championship.
- Experienced Production/media team
- Professional production crew supplied to capture all events in HD (as needed)
- Professional social media team supplied to all events
- Venue and locations to be featured on numerous media content of event
- Broadcast options on Livestream.
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Why Choose RUF Nation?
It is true that the current MMA environment is becoming over crowed with promotions. The problem is that they all offer the same sub par end product and format.
By creating an elite level environment competing against only elite level talent from across the country and creating a geographically identified stable of fighters, and being an AZ fight promoter who’s close ties with Gyms, local fighters, UFC Fighters, Coaches, city, state, Tribal Councils and Leaders are different from the rest of the market, by using a method proven successful by the most profitable sports leagues.
Because we are AZ owned & operated, because we are easy to work with, because we will have elite level talent only, because our fights will match the best against the best, because thousands will attend to watch it live, because you will profit, we will hit our target and reach the populous of MMA fans in the state of AZ that have been missed by everyone else.
With your support we will turn RUF Nation into the state wide brand that the state fair deserves and will be the home to the only RUF Nation Sports League.
We have 100% complete and total creative control with a full media production team to assist in content creation
No TV restrictions, no content type restrictions –
Gambling, cannabis, alcohol, tobacco, firearms, are all allowed
We are partnered with the Celebrity Theatre to host all events in 2022 to host 12 events
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Target Audience
RUF Nation events are designed to capture both the hardcore MMA fan, as well as the every day sports fan. MMA fans are an inherent target and will immediate supporters. The RUF Nation format will reach beyond this current fan base and target the general sports fan. Fans of sports leagues include the casual sports fan that simply is a fan of the home team. While MMA fans are linked to the genre via a favorite fighter or the sport itself casual fans are linked via geographical ties or peer relations.
While they are not hardcore MMA fans they still buy the merchandise, buy tickets, and watch events. MMA’s current landscape does not capture this type of fan and we believe our format is the missing piece to making RUF Nation a main stream sport and will increase our fan base and reach by 80%.
- Hardcore MMA Fans
- 35 Million Americans
- General Sports Fans
- 318.9 Million Americans, 60% identify themselves as sports fans.
- 191.2 Million Americans are sports fans
- 318.9 Million Americans, 60% identify themselves as sports fans.
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RUF NATION IN THE MEDIA
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PHOENIX – An MMA event at Celebrity Theatre is not unusual. Pairing that competition with a cannabis expo is.
That was the case Saturday when promoter RUF 44 hosted “RUF, Puff & Rumble, the first time the two industries have collided in the Valley.
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Indigenous MMA fighters battle in the cage
[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_image src=”https://rufnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/sentinellogo2018.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][/et_pb_image][/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]On the heels of the Arizona State Boxing & MMA commission allowing fighters to consume marijuana freely until fight day, promoter RUF 44 hosted “RUF, Puff & Rumble at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, the first time the two industries have collided in the Valley….
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In Phoenix, a unique event that combines marijuana and mixed martial arts
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“This is like the first cannabis and MMA event in the country, possibly in the world,” says DeCorpo. “We’re practically going to throw a gigantic pregame party before the fight. The booths that will be there will have dab stations, so you can clean people up. They will have flowers to smoke, groceries to try, we have everything. We are putting out dispensaries. , concentrate lines, grocery companies, people who make and sell cannabis clothing, cannabis paints and jewelry. We want to bring the entire industry together. ”
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Shannon “The Cannon” Ritch has been brawling in the Valley for 30 years now. Combat sports paid the bills while he attended Tempe’s Al Collins Graphic Design School in the early 1990s.
“Every weekend I would go down to Mexico, fight, and make like $500,” Ritch says of those days. “They would have a dog fight, a chicken fight and then they would have the people fight. That’s pretty much how I put myself through college.”
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