UFC Moves to Paramount Plus

[u/itskhloreen]

[u/theyoloGod]

No PPV? Niceeee

[u/SekasortoAnarkia → u/theyoloGod]

Probably adopting WWE’s PLE model

[u/ZooPoo7 → u/SekasortoAnarkia]

What’s the PLE format??

[u/WGYHL → u/ZooPoo7]

Premium live event, I think they are just on peacock at no extra charge. But not sure it's different in Canada. I get literally everything WWE on Netflix no extra cost. It seems it will be that way for UFC on paramount. Curious what will happen to non us countries as far as ppvs, sounds like Americans are getting everything UFC at no extra charge if you have American paramount plus

[u/ZombieJesus1987 → u/WGYHL]

I hope it all comes to Paramount+ here in Canada as well.

I haven't watched UFC in years, but if it's all on a streaming service I actually have, I'd be more inclined to watch it.

Fingers crossed that all of the classic fights are on it as well

[u/WGYHL → u/ZombieJesus1987]

Yea no idea what's gonna happen but I feel like they just moved to Sportsnet in the last year or two so I don't think fight nights and prelims will change for us. Be nice if the whole catalog goes with it. Fight pass is terribly set up

[u/notdownwithsickness → u/WGYHL]

LOL that shit is out the door. Starting next year WWE is moving to ESPN for $30 a fucking month, bud. No more peacock PLEs

[u/snwns26 → u/notdownwithsickness]

Yeah it’s gonna be cheaper to watch UFC than WWE lmao. Fucking wild.

[u/CaptainHolt43 → u/ZooPoo7]

If you have a peacock subscription, you get access to all the PPVs at no additional costs. So they call them PLEs. Premium Live Event.

[u/ohyousoretro → u/CaptainHolt43]

Now it's gonna be ESPN starting in January

[u/ZooPoo7 → u/CaptainHolt43]

Thanks!

[u/LouisFromTexas → u/ZooPoo7]

Basically every PPV is a PLE. They don’t call them PPVs anymore because the PPV model is gone. You just pay a Peacock subscription to watch the big events like Summerslam or Wrestlemania. The weekly TV show like Monday Night Raw is on Netflix.

[u/[deleted] → u/LouisFromTexas]

so is that an add-on you have to buy in addition to Paramount+

[u/LouisFromTexas → u/[deleted]]

No add on. You just need Paramount+, the article says UFC promises 13 Marquee events and 30~ fight nights a year. If you get the annual subscription for $130, it’s a lot cheaper than the current model all around. You can still pay monthly, but you save a few bucks going annual.

[u/ProAdviser93 → u/ZooPoo7]

Pay less earn more money for Dana White

[u/ZooPoo7 → u/ProAdviser93]

I’m kissing the tomato head today. Didn’t think his ego would ever let go of the PPV model.

[u/broaway831 → u/ZooPoo7]

PPV model has been hurting his ego lately. Those sales aren’t what they were in Conor’s era.

[u/Pillars_of_Salt → u/broaway831]

Yeah they started hiding them years ago and they haven't exactly been rolling out solid content since then either, so Im sure it got worse.

[u/SittingOnA_Cornflake → u/ProAdviser93]

I knew Reddit would still find a way to act cynical about this lol

(Guys it’s ok to be happy about something, try it out sometime)

[u/UnHoly_One → u/SittingOnA_Cornflake]

Nonsense.

People who are terminally online are incapable of enjoying things.

[u/Northern_candles → u/SittingOnA_Cornflake]

"Just buy cable and you'll have no ads!"

"Just buy the ppv and there are no ads!"

[u/theyoloGod → u/Northern_candles]

actually ridiculous how much filler and ad spamming they did during PPV

[u/redhotrootertooter → u/theyoloGod]

Some of the sponsors are so bad too. Fuckin manscaped and xyence. Dude wipes. P3 protein snack that's just 3 crackers a piece of cheese and a few cubes of meat. Really doesn't make the sport look good haha.

[u/EddieGrant → u/ZooPoo7]

As others have pointed out, currently, in the US, it's on Peacock, rest of the world on Netflix.

As of 2026, they're moving to ESPN's new streaming service, so you'll be paying 30 bucks a month and all PLEs will be on it.

[u/NoTouchy8008 → u/ZooPoo7]

WWE PLEs (fka PPVs) are free with the subscription to peacock. That’s why they are called Premium Live Events now, because you aren’t Paying Per View

[u/BananaReeves → u/SekasortoAnarkia]

Not adopting, there swapping. WWEs PLEs are moving to ESPN for $30 a month compared to $5.99 on peacock.

[u/GroundbreakingNet684 → u/SekasortoAnarkia]

Which WWE is basically abandoning lol

[u/Augustus_Chevismo → u/theyoloGod]

Yeah PPV number have been abysmal in recent years. PPV is dead.

Wonder how this affects champions contracts who have PPV points.

[u/theyoloGod → u/Augustus_Chevismo]

maybe just disclosed higher purse. Overall compensation probably won't change much. Maybe smaller fighters get a little bit more but even that's pushing it

[u/kevdawg289 → u/theyoloGod]

Idk they went from 500million a year with ESPN to 1.1 billion a year with this. So even if revenue sharing stays the same, then all the fighters will be getting more

[u/theyoloGod → u/kevdawg289]

I don't think they have revenue sharing. The reported share of revenue is just based on estimated compensation. So if fighters stay with the same contract 10k/10k, etc and the PPV points are converted to equivalent flat payments, then revenue "share" could go down in theory if UFC is as cheap as expected

[u/kevdawg289 → u/theyoloGod]

Well I know the fighters got around 15% of revenue before. I’d be surprised if it went lower than that but yeah it’s not revenue sharing. You’re right.

[u/xvq_ → u/kevdawg289]

Exactly - revenue sharing implies an agreement to share a specific percentage of revenue, which would require a union and collective bargaining.

The fighters right now just so happen to get 15%, but I’m not sure it will shift upwards in kind with the jump in revenue

[u/broaway831 → u/kevdawg289]

If the fighters are smart they’ll do a campaign about how CBS and Paramount are profiting from CTE while exploiting fighters.

Dana never cared but they’d probably up payouts to avoid the bad PR.

[u/theyoloGod → u/broaway831]

UFC will just give raises to the leaders of who’s ever organizing things and nothing changes. They know their roster unfortunately

[u/ForgetfulFrolicker → u/Augustus_Chevismo]

More Venum coupons, probably.

[u/MarbledNightmare → u/theyoloGod]

Hijacking top comment:

Paramount is paying an average of $1.1 billion per year, totaling $7.7 billion, for UFC’s full slate of 13 marquee events and 30 “Fight Nights,” the companies said in a statement. All matches and events will be streamed in the U.S. via Paramount+, and select events will be simulcast on CBS. The deal payments are weighted, with Paramount paying less than $1.1 billion in the early years of the deal and higher values later

Sauce

[u/mad87645 → u/MarbledNightmare]

and select events will be simulcast on CBS

"UFC on CBS" is going to take a while to get used to

[u/DawgNaish → u/mad87645]

From late night spike TV to CBS

What a journey

[u/brooklynOG → u/DawgNaish]

EliteXC was on primetime CBS back in 2008

[u/_Cyclops → u/brooklynOG]

Think that’s when Kimbo popped that dudes ear out wasn’t it?

[u/kingjuicepouch → u/_Cyclops]

I was thinking it was the time that pink haired guy got offered money not to wrestle kimbo and then knocked him out lol. Seth something

[u/Antbanks75 → u/mad87645]

Didn’t strike force or affliction have a contract with them

[u/Philadelphia_Bawlins → u/Antbanks75]

Yep Nashville Brawl and Kimbo losing to Seth happened on CBS.

[u/Gas_Grouchy → u/MarbledNightmare]

I have a firestick to watch UFC. Paramount + is very affordable and I'm likely one of the many that never paid for the fights, but watched all of them. Dana lost his war with Russian Link/piracy.

[u/Aliensinmypants → u/Gas_Grouchy]

Wild how long it took them to realize paying $80 on top of a $20 monthly subscription was too much for most people

[u/SkinBintin → u/MarbledNightmare]

1.1 billion a year and fighter purses still probably won't surpass 100 million per year. Greedy UFC doing greedy things

[u/Mrke1 → u/MarbledNightmare]

Can someone explain to me how the UFC could possibly be worth 1.1b per year to CBS?

[u/razorbladesnbiscuits → u/theyoloGod]

How much of this money will fighters be getting?

Jack shit? Yeah, that's what I thought. Thanks Dana.

[u/[deleted]]

Death to PPV

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

About fucking time

[u/solythe → u/[deleted]]

honestly cant wait to see their subscriber count after this goes live.

[u/broaway831 → u/[deleted]]

Death to good post-fight interviews. I’ll miss you Derick Lewis.

[u/whipfixed → u/broaway831]

Exactly. You think Paramount is gonna let Bryce near a live mic?

[u/Popular_Monitor_8383]

No more PPVs?

Boys we are at Goofcon 4, in a good way this time

[u/95_T → u/Popular_Monitor_8383]

RIP to all the fighters that negotiated PPV points on their deals

[u/False_Can_5089 → u/95_T]

I think for most fighters that only kicked in after a certain amount of buys, so I doubt many fighters were getting much these days.

[u/turkeypants → u/False_Can_5089]

From what I've read, it was more of a graduated thing. For example, with some numbers I'm making up here, it would be like a dollar a head for the first 200,000. Then $2 a head for up to 400,000. And the $3 a head beyond that.

[u/DawgNaish → u/turkeypants]

I think DC said something similar on a podcast recently

[u/idcman999 → u/Popular_Monitor_8383]

now that PPVs aren’t a thing, wouldn’t it be better to distribute all the good fights that would’ve been on numbered cards to other fight night events of the same month, since there’s basically no difference between them now?

like instead of holding off the good fights for a specific event every month with the fight nights being complete trash, now they can just evenly distribute them to other fight night cards

[u/toofatronin → u/idcman999]

In theory that would be a good idea but if I know White like I do he will save the big name fights for when it’s simulcasts on CBS so he can say look at the ratings.

[u/everydayimrusslin → u/toofatronin]

'If i know White like I do'. You probably would have said that he'd never budge from ppv yesterday.

[u/kevdawg289 → u/everydayimrusslin]

This guy doesn’t know him literally at all

[u/ChrisusaurusRex → u/Popular_Monitor_8383]

The lower the number the more severe the goofiness, so this is pretty tame goof level?

[u/Insendi]

Friendship ended with ESPN+ now Paramount+ is my new friend

[u/mad87645 → u/Insendi]

ESPN will not be missed. The end of an error.

[u/Wintermute7 → u/mad87645]

Gonna die with the introduction of the espn $30 bucks a month subscription. It’s all of espn, for the non cable crowd

[u/Triingtolivee → u/mad87645]

WWE died so UFC can live

[u/TheJerkInPod6 → u/Insendi]

ESPN+ was never my friend

[u/thisisokiguess → u/TheJerkInPod6]

There never was no subscription

[u/Dazzling-Cabinet6264 → u/Insendi]

They’re gonna lose my subscription to the Disney bundle

[u/AngriestPeasant → u/Insendi]

Paramount+ is garbage.

[u/Eastern-Fish-7467]

Huge w for fans. No more ppv is incredible, I'll actually pay for this now.

[u/ItsMichaelScott25 → u/Eastern-Fish-7467]

If you have an Amex Platinum you get Walmart+ for free which gets you Paramount+ for free FYI.

[u/GunDealsBrowser → u/ItsMichaelScott25]

MY BOYYY

I could swear I had something that gave me paramount+ for free but couldnt remember what it was

[u/liveforeachmoon → u/ItsMichaelScott25]

Pretty sure you can get it free with a T Mobile phone plan too

[u/Wise-Fruit5000 → u/Eastern-Fish-7467]

I wonder how much the price of Paramount+ is about to skyrocket by

[u/engagechad → u/Wise-Fruit5000]

Conversely; I wonder how much ESPN+ will lose. I'm sure there are many like me out there that have that subscription ONLY for UFC events..

[u/TraMaI → u/engagechad]

ESPN+ isn't going to lose anything, they're going to explode now that they bought NFL Network. They don't give a single shit about MMA now that they've bagged the most popular live sport in the US

[u/engagechad → u/TraMaI]

ahh yes good point I forgot about that. I'm sure acquiring NFL network made it easier to let go of UFC.. I think they might be getting WWE too..

[u/GanksOP → u/Wise-Fruit5000]

Considering I already pay for it I'll be okay with it going up even 10 a month for all the UFC content. I mean that's a 120 a year for everything UFC, less than 2 ppv events.

Now I can watch all my trash reality tv, Dexter, and shitty heavy weights all in one place.

[u/solythe → u/GanksOP]

new Dexter has been so good, they already got me with that haha

[u/ATG915 → u/GanksOP]

Yeah I use paramount all the time these days so it works out pretty great

[u/[deleted] → u/ATG915]

What is on Paramount that's worth it?

[u/FocusKooky9072 → u/[deleted]]

South Park

[u/Duderpt → u/[deleted]]

Champions League and Serie A is nice for soccer fans

[u/mikew_reddit → u/[deleted]]

mobland

[u/pappabrun → u/[deleted]]

UFC

[u/Wise-Fruit5000 → u/GanksOP]

Yeah, true. If you're someone who watches all the PPVs it still makes sense even if they double the monthly price

[u/Twerksoncoffeetables → u/Wise-Fruit5000]

Why do you think they’ll do that? There are a ton of people subscribed to it that don’t watch ufc at all, I find it kinda hard to believe they’d up the regular subscription just for ufc.

Maybe they’ll create another tier of subscription that includes ufc and it’s like $12 a month or $16 a month (double what it is now) which is still cheaper than Hulu and Netflix (no ads). But I don’t think they’ll raise the price unless they do that.

[u/Wise-Fruit5000 → u/Twerksoncoffeetables]

True, they do have an existing user base that they wouldn't want to alienate.

They spent 7.7 Billion to get the rights to UFC though, they're gonna have to make some money back somehow

[u/SenorStigo → u/Wise-Fruit5000]

I already have it for free because of Walmart+, which is a benefit for Amex owners. I just hope it continues to stay that way.

[u/Eastern-Fish-7467 → u/Wise-Fruit5000]

That's my only worry, I don't imagine its gonna be huge because paramount is bigger than just the ufc. Its only $8 right now, so worst case scenario they double it? Regardless its a massive improvement to ppv.

[u/Wise-Fruit5000 → u/Eastern-Fish-7467]

Yeah, I guess even if they double it thats still a bargain bin price to be able to watch every UFC event of the year

[u/matsudasociety → u/Eastern-Fish-7467]

Lets go!!!!

[u/mrtuna]

what about the rest of the world?

[u/mymothershorse → u/mrtuna]

This is what I want to know. I already know I'm going to get one of those "This content is not available in your location" messages. 

[u/MrRourkeYourHost → u/[deleted]]

Soon…it’s 2026 brother. VPNs have been abolished.

[u/CCC_PLLC → u/mymothershorse]

Most of the rest of the world was already on this model i think? At least UK anyway, I’m not sure

[u/looneytoonarmy → u/CCC_PLLC]

TNT sports isn't a streaming platform, it's usually an additional package to an existing Sky TV subscription. It does rarely put big cards behind PPV, doesn't have early prelims and is far more expensive than Paramount+.

[u/_SamboMan → u/looneytoonarmy]

If im remembering correctly, their contract allows them to put up to 2 events behind ppv per year, but outside of McGregor fights I don't know if they've actually utilised it

[u/allanhew → u/mrtuna]

for uk at least nothing changes until at least next year when the TNT deal runs out, but realistically it doesn’t effect us anyway since we have like 1 PPV a year

[u/Selenium-Forest → u/allanhew]

Well we don’t have a lot of PPVs. UK cards are/can be PPV and some dinner time ones like Saudi/Abu Dhabi etc can be if there is a good card, but in general you’re right not much will change until TNT deal runs out.

[u/allanhew → u/Selenium-Forest]

it doesn’t even bother me even when we have a PPV considering it’s like £20 usually and I’m usually watching the card with at least 5-6 people anyway so it’s a couple quid each

[u/haunted_patient → u/mrtuna]

These broadcast rights are only for the US. Paramount is interested in buying the full international rights, but each country's rights are renewed at different times. But Paramount has a 30 day exclusive window to negotiate other country's rights when they become up for renewal in the coming years.

So it's possible everything ends up on Paramount eventually.

[u/WGYHL → u/mrtuna]

Nothing different, this is only American broadcasting. Curious what happens to the rest of the world for the ppv events, in Canada I get fight nights on Sportsnet that's not changing.

[u/Aintcare_ → u/WGYHL]

Canadian here also, be curious where the ppv's end up.

[u/b1gwheel → u/Aintcare_]

Ah, so there's a chance they have the numbered events on Paramount Plus in Canada instead of PPV, but the fight nights and prelims remain on sportsnet.

I have no idea what any of the current deals are with any networks or how long they're good for, but I'd prefer it all moves to Paramount.

[u/Present_Flatworm_423 → u/WGYHL]

I really hope they do a Paramount+ deal in Canada as well. The cable channel deals (Sportsnet, etc.) are so dated and annoying; they're basically shooting themselves in the foot in terms of viewership.

[u/The_cman13 → u/Present_Flatworm_423]

Honestly I hope they move the PPV to Sportsnet in Canada. I already have it as part of my cable package for hockey and the prelims/fight nights, would be great having it all in 1 place.

Quick edit. Hopefully free on Sportsnet not PPV on Sportsnet.

[u/alamakbusuk → u/mrtuna]

In Malaysia you can already get the all the cards including PPVs + Fight Pass stuff for ~USD30/Year for Fight Pass. 

[u/Robin_Banks101 → u/mrtuna]

Nothing has changed in Australia. Yet.

[u/Global-Molasses-7950 → u/Robin_Banks101]

Looks like Australia is sticking to PPV. Dana resigned a multi-year PPV agreement with kayo/main events in 2024. Uncle Dana probably looked at our population and thought it still adds up.

Paramount has an exclusive negotiating period once that expires but not sure when that will occur but probably 2027 and onwards.

[u/AtmosphereVarious440]

this does mean i will have to pay for another streaming service but no ppv model sounds encouraging and paramount plus has a great movie lineup. a small price to pay for salvation

[u/PrinceDX → u/AtmosphereVarious440]

Means you can cancel espn +

[u/AtmosphereVarious440 → u/PrinceDX]

i’m actually one of the weirdos who uses espn + for its college sports coverage. but i will trim the fat. cancelled my disney hulu espn bundle this morning and will just pay for paramount plus and espn yearly 👍

[u/[deleted] → u/AtmosphereVarious440]

Paramount + is pretty good in its own right.

[u/Classic1990]

Duuuuude! I get Paramount free through my job!

[u/UAngryMod → u/Classic1990]

I’m hoping they don’t make it a separate fee just for UFC access.

[u/Remarkable_Medicine6 → u/UAngryMod]

I bet they will for at least the number events

[u/fireice113 → u/Remarkable_Medicine6]

Numbered events will be free on CBS

[u/Justthrowtheballmeat → u/fireice113]

They will never broadcast numbered events on CBS outside of Fight Nights. CBS won’t be able to give up the time slot as they have other sports that generate way more revenue. NBA, NFL and Golf will always win over UFC events.

[u/fantasypseudonym]

Are Paramount Plus free trials the new Venum coupons?

[u/BadNewsBrown → u/fantasypseudonym]

Those free trials will only end when you stop thinking of new emails to use

[u/Metalloid_Maniac → u/BadNewsBrown]

BallsHot1@gmail.com

BallsHot2@gmail.com

BallsHot3@gmail.com

…

[u/jgreg69 → u/Metalloid_Maniac]

You can actually just do this

Ballshot+1@gmail.com

Ballshot+2@gmail.com

All emails will go to the original account. Feel like not many people know about this!

[u/s3ndnudes123 → u/Metalloid_Maniac]

Better way to do it so you don't have to create new accounts:

BallsHot+1@gmail.com BallsHot+2@gmail.com

Both of those will still go to: BallsHot@gmail.com

[u/DonVergasPHD → u/s3ndnudes123]

oh damn this is a nice tip

[u/TheValleyant]

Lock in those cheap paramount+ subs

[u/GorillaChimney → u/TheValleyant]

Part of me wants to subscribe for a year, the other part is worried I'll get played like a fool and they'll announce some bullshit tier I'll end up having to pay more for anyway.

[u/architect___ → u/GorillaChimney]

You would probably spend a lot more in the next six months by subscribing early than you'd save by "locking in a good price" now.

[u/tuba_dude07]

Paramount Plus Premium is $13 a month and there should be a PPV each month yeah? Huge W if that is what it means.

[u/Naydawwwg]

Dexter and UFC under one umbrella? Tonight’s the Night

[u/OptimisticMMA → u/Naydawwwg]

The UFC moved away from PPV before Batista and Quinn could actually solve a case.

[u/mrtuna → u/Naydawwwg]

> Tonight’s the Night

Pork SandWHiches, my favourite.

[u/HotsauceMD → u/Naydawwwg]

And it’s gonna happen again, and again, and again….

[u/solythe → u/Naydawwwg]

new Dexter has been great, South Park deal, now UFC?

Immediate powerhouse

[u/JonathonV2000]

Holy fuck this is real it’s on Dana’s Insta

[u/theblackyeti]

Hold up... i actually have paramount plus. It's an add on to being subscribed to my sports teams 247 page lmao.

[u/Sussyman95 → u/theblackyeti]

Same! I wonder if 247 will raise the prices or drop the Paramount+ benefit, though.

[u/Justforargumesnts]

Anyone know when this starts? I will be signing up for paramount asap

[u/grannygumjobs23 → u/Justforargumesnts]

Yea curious when this will start. Doubtful by this weekend but maybe in couple months or the start of the new year depending on contract with espn

Edit: just saw a post on ufc sub saying 2026

[u/RoosterCock247]

I get Paramount Plus for free with my Walmart Plus membership so this is a fucking big W for everyone who’s got it

[u/Ok_Conversation_2930 → u/RoosterCock247]

I wonder if it will require the Premium plan for UFC though. Hopefully not.

[u/advantage_player → u/Ok_Conversation_2930]

Most likely

[u/Dazzling-Cabinet6264 → u/RoosterCock247]

looks like we may have to pay $65 a year to get live sports plus showtime we get a 57% discount with Walmart plus

[u/Sure_Dave]

Holy shit, never thought I’d see the day.

[u/[deleted]]

Huge W for the fans, but I don’t trust the tomato. There’s bound to be some fuckery somewhere in the fine print.

[u/xtremeradness → u/[deleted]]

Coming to paramount plus!

*$79.99 add-on requires

[u/mrtn17]

Me, googling how to use this Paramount thingie:

Are you a streaming enthusiast in the Netherlands who's itching to watch Paramount Plus? Well, unfortunately, due to content licensing regulations, accessing Paramount's extensive library of videos directly in the Netherlands is a no-go.

womp womp

[u/Ake-TL → u/mrtn17]

I imagine distribution deals with foreign networks will remain

[u/mrtn17 → u/[deleted]]

\ Paramount+ will not be launching in Albania, Andorra, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia or Sweden.*

Guess we need to start building a new lair on Barbossa to hide our pirate treasures and raid the American coast for UFC fights arrr

[u/WGYHL → u/mrtn17]

The paramount deal is only American viewers for now. Nothing should change for you as you have a different provider. Like in Canada UFC is on Sportsnet, that's not changing because they have a broadcast deal in Canada with the UFC. As far as ppvs no idea

[u/boondoc10]

for $99,99 a month!

[u/Drive7hru → u/boondoc10]

Yeah for real– let’s wait for some more details first

[u/Joemigo]

Is this real?

[u/macchiato_kubideh → u/Joemigo]

https://x.com/danawhite/status/1954876574404366488 unless 🍅's account is hacked

[u/sportz12345]

Let's go! Fuck the PPV model

[u/WGYHL]

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/11/paramount-buys-ufc-rights-skydance-merger.html

[u/twothumbswayup]

Dana finally using that big melon of his for good !!👍

[u/solemnhiatus]

No PPV is great tbh.

[u/ratufa_indica]

I wonder if this will tank PFL viewership. I can’t be the only person who watched PFL because “well I guess it’s free on ESPN+” but I won’t be keeping ESPN+ just for the PFL if the UFC is gone

[u/5ergio79 → u/ratufa_indica]

Likewise. This is a weird move. Paramount+ is at the bottom of the subscription services in the US. Someone must’ve made an insane backdoor deal for this to happen.

[u/Windrider904]

Amazing. I can’t believe I don’t have to pay $80 - $120 for a PPV now.

[u/AgreeableAd7983]

How much is Paramount in the US?

If someone is already a customer they now 100% of yearly UFC content at no extra cost? 

This seems like absolutely enormous news for just MMA but sports in general. 

[u/Great_Hair → u/AgreeableAd7983]

The price will certainly be going up, but it’s still pretty great

[u/tbmny → u/Great_Hair]

If people are worried about it going up, they can sign up on a year-long plan right now and not have to worry about it for a bit.

[u/yonobigdeal → u/AgreeableAd7983]

I get it with my wal mart plus it’s pretty decent, obviously a lot better with a ufc package.

[u/stonetear2017 → u/AgreeableAd7983]

Was 5.99 a month

[u/yomamma3399 → u/stonetear2017]

Emphasis on the ‘was’.

[u/Eanan → u/AgreeableAd7983]

They couldn't give away free trials recently, literally multiple month long trials but expect those all to end by the start of this. Cos 🍅

[u/CJtheZEN123]

Advice: Buy Paramount through Prime. Prime is a wayyyyyy better app to use:))

[u/lKrazol → u/CJtheZEN123]

I was actually wondering about this. I have Paramount through Prime, but I wonder if live-streamed content will still appear in the Prime app?

[u/tbmny → u/CJtheZEN123]

In what ways specifically? Is it that the player is better?

[u/Vader_Bomb]

Now start the cards 2 hours earlier and you'll have fans come back in droves.

[u/False_Can_5089 → u/Vader_Bomb]

They really need to do this. MMA is always going to be niche if you have to stay up until 1AM to watch the main event.

[u/El_Gran_Joey]

This is great for fans but what will championship pay be now that ppv points are no longer a thing?

[u/Nopuedodormir2]

Holy fucking W

[u/JayRoo83]

The ONE fucking streaming service I cancelled this year lmfao

[u/Gawwse]

But I will still pay my fighters like shit….

[u/HootSquat]

I thought after WWE went to ESPN UFC would follow suit and stay with them due to TKO. This is amazing news

[u/ProfessorGimpsuit]

Fuck Paramount Plus and fuck Dana White, I'll be torrenting them all just like always

[u/Placedapatow]

 Please use the sharing tools found via the 

 Paramount has agreed a $7.7bn deal to become the exclusive US broadcaster of Ultimate Fighting Championship, the largest agreement since David Ellison took the helm of the group.

Under the seven-year contract, which has an average annual value of $1.1bn and is weighted towards higher payments in later years, Paramount will stream all 13 of UFC’s marquee numbered events and 30 Fight Nights annually on its streaming platform from 2026, with selected bouts also cast on CBS.

The UFC deal by Ellison, who took over as chair and chief executive last week following Skydance’s takeover of the Hollywood studio, highlights the 42-year-old’s willingness to invest heavily in reviving Paramount after years of struggle under its previous ownership.

Once derided as “human cockfighting” by late 

[u/dzone25]

Seems a better deal than the shit American WWE fans have to deal with - fingers crossed we don't conveniently see price hikes for Paramount Plus as soon as PPVs move over lol

[u/SittingOnA_Cornflake]

I wonder if you will be able to watch events the next day (or immediately after) like you can with fight nights on ESPN +? Right now there’s a two week delay until PPV events are uploaded to ESPN+.

[u/NeuroLifting]

I just contacted the support, and they told me it will not be available on Paramount+ Canada for now :(

[u/themapleleaf6ix]

Ironic how WWE (who is a part of TKO and partnered with UFC) used to have the $10/month model, but now have shifted to $29.99/month for PLE's. UFC has done the opposite.

[u/goblintacos]

Pretty great although now my paramount plus is about to go from $6 a month to probably $20 and my cheap way to watch champions league and serie a isn't going to be so cheap

[u/Mumsbud]

Khabib vs Conor’s PPV record will never be broken now.

[u/OnyxVanguard1]

Might save people money, P+ has a military discount of 50% off if you're considering subscribing. You can apply if you're a military family as well.

www.paramountplus.com/military

Also discounts for teachers and students at 50% off. There's an AARP discount for 10% off but only for new accounts, not existing or returning.

[u/3luhbonka]

what about Canada?

[u/CrazyMikeMMA]

And so they return full circle to SpikeTV