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UFC-Paramount deal: No more pay-per-view, all fights on Paramount+, what to know

UFC’s new seven-year, $1.1 billion deal with Paramount+ will end its U.S. pay-per-view model starting in 2026. All 13 numbered events and 30 Fight Nights will be included in the Paramount+ ...

Xtreme Fighting Championships Lands Global Pay-Per-View Deal with Fandango

Designed for scale, flexibility, and innovation, the partnership enables XFC to maximize per-event monetization while significantly broadening its global audience, strengthening Xtreme One’s long-term ...
The New York Times

UFC dropping ‘pay-per-view’ model for fights with move to Paramount+ in 2026

UFC fans will be able to watch fights for the first time without pay-per-view costs starting in 2026, ushering in a radical change to how viewers have accessed bouts for years. UFC reached a ...
The New York Times

With new deals, ‘Pay Per View’ has lost by knockout. ‘Pay Per Month’ has won

Welcome back to MoneyCall, The Athletic’s weekly sports business cheat sheet. (Was this column forwarded to you? Subscribe here to receive it in your email every Wednesday morning.) Name-dropped today ...
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UFC to ditch pay-per-view model as part of $7.7B media rights deal with Paramount

The UFC will get rid of its pay-per-view model as part of its massive $7.7 billion agreement to air its events on Paramount+ starting in 2026, its parent company TKO announced on Monday. The ...
Yahoo! Sports

The end of the UFC pay-per-view era is bittersweet

Back in 2009, Dana White swore that if UFC 100 did a million pay-per-view buys he’d bungee jump off the Mandalay Bay. (It did, he didn’t). When UFC 151 was canceled after Jon Jones refused an opponent ...