A t the start of 2026, the UFC officially moves from ESPN to Paramount and under the terms of the new seven year, $7.7 billion deal the promotion’s pay-per-view format is coming to a close.

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All Elite Wrestling (AEW) is stepping into a new streaming era. In an official press release, the company announced that its pay-per-view events will now be available directly on HBO Max, marking the ...

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 ...

Two of the most respected fighters in recent Ultimate Fighting Championship history do battle Saturday night in New Orleans, where Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway will fight for the third and likely ...

Unsurprisingly, the pivot to pay-per-view has not gone down very well. With each ticket originally revealed to cost ¥4,000 ...

Following WWE’s lead, UFC moved its broadcasting deal to CBS Paramount. Dana White confirmed on social media that UFC had signed a new deal worth $7.7 billion over seven years. Now, fans can watch ...

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 ...

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+ ...

On the same day the UFC announced an earth-shattering $7.7 billion deal with Paramount, Dana White, the promotion’s CEO and president, tells The Post that pay-per-view formatted events could still fit ...

Among the most celebrated news within the UFC's new seven-year, $7.7 billion broadcast deal with Paramount was the surprising revelation that the promotion was ditching its long-held pay-per-view ...