Draftkings.com, which was already partnered with the UFC, has announced the acquisition of Mixed Martial Arts Fantasy Sports site Kountermove.
The deal brings Kountermove’s 30,000 registered users to fantasy sports titan DraftKings, which launched its MMA platform in 2014 and partnered this past February with the UFC. DraftKings, according to the company, has roughly 200,000 MMA players, according to MMA Junkie.
“We had been looking for opportunities to grow our presence in combat sports, so it was a very logical fit for us to come together,” DraftKings founder Matt Kalish today told that website this week.
Kountermove co-founder Brian Knapp said: “We’ve gotten to know the DraftKings team over the past year-and-a-half since they entered the market, and being the leaders in fantasy for combat sports, really looked to them as a partner for growing the overall space of MMA. We at Kountermove knew that the real way to have many, many more MMA fans enjoying fantasy MMA worldwide was to partner with the leader in overall daily fantasy.”
– Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com