BREAKING: UFC To End Pay-Per-View Model With New $7.7 Billion Paramount+ Deal

MMA Fighting

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Sports News, Sports, News

4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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UFC and CEO Dana White announced on Monday morning that they've signed an exclusive new deal with Paramount+ for $7.7 billion, which begins in 2026, and that the pay-per-view model will go away with it. Following the massive news MMA Fighting's Mike Heck and Alexander K. Lee react to the UFC's new deal, and what it all could mean. Follow Mike Heck: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@m_heckjr⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Alexander K. Lee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AlexanderKLee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/dYpsgH⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Check out our full video catalog: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/u8VvLi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit our playlists:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ http://goo.gl/eFhsvM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like MMAF on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/uhdg7Z⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://goo.gl/nOATUI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Read More: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.mmafighting.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.6	Let's begin with the Word Association game, shall we?
1:17.2	Tulsa King, Mobland, Bar Rescue, CSI, Saskatoon,
1:26.0	the Ultimate Fighting Championship? Yes, the common theme is paramount. CSI Saskatoon. The ultimate fighting championship?
1:28.3	Yes, the common theme is paramount because beginning in 2026, the UFC's United States home for streaming and TV is paramount.
1:40.5	Is paramount? Is Paramount plus? Massive news dropping this morning.
1:44.6	13 numbered events.
1:46.4	Notice how I phrase that.
1:48.0	13 numbered events.
1:50.3	30 fight night cards all exclusively streaming on Paramount Plus.
1:54.3	And as big as that news is, remember how I just called them numbered events a few seconds ago?
2:00.9	These numbered events are no longer pay-per-view events.
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