Endemol Shine Boomdog & La Jaula Team for Copa Combate Series

Endemol Shine Boomdog and La Jaula Studios are jointly developing a six-episode series covering the Copa Combate MMA tournament.

Combate Global’s Copa Combate made its debut in November 2017 as a one-night, eight-fighter, single-elimination tournament, requiring a fighter to win three bouts to claim the event’s $100,000 grand prize and the largest trophy in sports. The Endemol Shine Boomdog and La Jaula Studios joint production will capture all the physical and emotional rigors and the highs and lows that the eight competitors endure during training and in their personal lives.

To date, a total of five Copa Combate tournaments have taken place and have crowned champions from four different countries: Mexico, the U.S., Peru and Ireland.

“I’m excited to team with Endemol Shine Boomdog to tell the compelling stories around the toughest tournament in sports, Copa Combate,” said La Jaula Studios and Combate Global CEO Campbell McLaren, who started the sport of MMA when he co-created and produced the first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event in 1993. “Not since I launched the UFC with the original tournament format has the world seen this kind of demanding and thrilling contest.”

“As the founder of modern-day MMA fighting, we are thrilled to team with Campbell, alongside the teams at Combate Global and La Jaula Studios, on this groundbreaking series, which will take audiences behind the scenes of this demanding, one-night-only tournament,” said Alejandro Rincon, CEO of Endemol Shine Boomdog. “This partnership marks a significant step for Endemol Shine Boomdog in sports production, an area we aim to expand further into, in line with Banijay Entertainment’s wider ambitions to supercharge efforts in this genre.”