Cardiothoracic surgeon and television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz is launching a 24-hour channel on Twitch, based around martial arts and MMA.
Dr Oz. is the host of 'The Dr. Oz show', a talk show focused around health and lifestyle. Oz was formerly a recurring health expert on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' where he'd answer questions from the audience.
He's also a backer of JungoTV, a video distribution company. Jungo and Cinedigm have partnered up to launch Oz's new Twitch channel - CombatGo.
Jungo has said that he channel will contrain over 600 hours of content, including 100 hours of live fights. All of the content will be free to watch on Twitch.
A fighting chance
“When correctly taught and executed, the martial arts develop respect, discipline and honor,” Oz said.
“These admirable character traits will be on full display in Combat Go’s carefully curated programming, as the world’s top athletes execute the dynamics, unique styles, and practices that help achieve peak performance in their sports.”
Cinedigm's executive VP of digital networks Erick Opeka added: “There is a real lack of global combat sports among digital-first networks."
"Combat Go will launch on Twitch but will be coming to other platforms as well, where fans can not only watch the content, they can engage with it and their friends.”
