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Paramount will become the new home to all UFC events in the U.S., while UFC's CEO says the White House may host a July 4 event broadcast on CBS.
UFC partners with Paramount and CBS in 2026, ending pay-per-view and offering all fights via streaming and broadcast.
Paramount CBS was initially set to take half of UFC’s broadcast rights in the form of 30 Fight Night cards. But the deal grew following the closure of a merger between Skydance and Paramount. In 48 hours, an agreement for rights to all of UFC’s events was struck, bucking the assumption that UFC would remain with ESPN or move to Netflix.
UFC CEO Dana White confirmed plans for a July 4, 2026 fight at the White House to mark America's 250th birthday.
CBS, the first broadcast network to broadcast a live MMA event, could begin showing live UFC events beginning in 2026 with the new media rights deal between UFC parent company TKO Group Holdings and Paramount. Among those potential CBS events is the proposed UFC card on the White House lawn, according to UFC CEO Dana White.
Ding-dong, the UFC pay-per-view witch is dead. That’s one way of looking at Monday’s big announcement heralding a new broadcast rights deal bringing all UFC content to Paramount+ and CBS at a price tag of $7.7 billion over the course of seven years.
TKO Group Holdings announced Monday it signed a UFC media rights deal with Paramount to stream events on Paramount+ with select broadcasts on CBS.
Aaron Pico's long-awaited UFC debut came with the possibility of an immediate title shot with a win. Instead, the former uber prospect and Bellator MMA star was knocked out cold in spectacular and violent fashion at UFC 319 in Chicago .
The UFC had multiple suitors interested in landing the promotion’s broadcast rights deal, but in the end, Paramount ponied up $7.7 billion per year to land the entire package including the end of traditional pay-per-view broadcasts.
On the heels of WWE signing a mega-money deal with ESPN, TKO announced Monday it reached a gigantic agreement with Paramount+ to broadcast UFC events starting in 2026. Ariel Helwani reported the deal is worth $7.7 billion over seven years.
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