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SteelSeries Partners With Ultimate Fighting Championship

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk]

SteelSeries, a manufacturer of competitive gaming peripherals, is partnering with the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to launch a co-licensed product and collaborative marketing initiatives.

SteelSeries will introduce a line of UFC Edition peripherals, which include a SteelSeries QcK UFC Edition mousepad, available now, and UFC edition headsets, which will be introduced later this year. The SteelSeries QcK UFC Edition cloth mousepad will feature the official UFC red logo in front of a cage-like black and grey background. The mousepad is medium sized and is available now on the SteelSeries Web Shop for $14.99.

This announcement is the next step in the relationship between UFC and SteelSeries that has included the sponsorship of international octagon events and fighters such as Alexander Gustafsson, a top ten ranked MMA fighter in UFC.

[Image Courtesy: UFC]

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