UFC announced a 7 year $7.7 billion agreement with Paramount to broadcast all events beginning in 2026. The article says there will no longer be P-P-V events, all 26 yearly events will be on Paramount. Some marquee events will also be simultaneously broadcast on CBS.

 

 

57 minutes ago, Jumper_Dad said:

UFC announced a 7 year $7.7 billion agreement with Paramount to broadcast all events beginning in 2026. The article says there will no longer be P-P-V events, all 26 yearly events will be on Paramount. Some marquee events will also be simultaneously broadcast on CBS.

That's ALOT of money. Fighters are going to want some higher pay per fight appearance I would imagine. I'm curious as to how well the streaming on Paramount+ will work out. 

7 hours ago, sportsfan41 said:

That's ALOT of money. Fighters are going to want some higher pay per fight appearance I would imagine. I'm curious as to how well the streaming on Paramount+ will work out. 

Some current PPV's hit $100,000,000 this will average just over $40,000,000 per for the 26 events. That number is pretty close to what the average event makes just from PPV sales.

I'm sure most of the event promotional ad expenses will be on CBS/Paramount now, which should save UFC a tidy sum as well.

On 8/11/2025 at 10:11 AM, sportsfan41 said:

That's ALOT of money. Fighters are going to want some higher pay per fight appearance I would imagine. I'm curious as to how well the streaming on Paramount+ will work out. 

Paramount+ does a great job with its streaming of NFL and UCL games so I'd expect the production to look good. They also have way more subscribers than ESPN+

 Big fight tonight anyone watching it?