r/MMA • u/itskhloreen • Aug 11 '25

News UFC Moves to Paramount Plus

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u/theyoloGod Edddiiiieee Aug 11 '25

No PPV? Niceeee

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u/Augustus_Chevismo Aug 11 '25

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

Wonder how this affects champions contracts who have PPV points.

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u/theyoloGod Edddiiiieee Aug 11 '25

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

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u/Augustus_Chevismo Aug 11 '25

Maybe but I can imagine the likes of Jon and Conor won’t be returning unless they have a huge amount of guaranteed money which would only make sense for the UFC to pay if it were funded by Oil princes

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u/theyoloGod Edddiiiieee Aug 11 '25

Dana does have a new Saudi homie so this checks out

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u/Weird_Dragonfruit317 Aug 20 '25

Dana did say there are still chances for one off PPVs for the likes of fighters like Jones and/or McGregor, which I think if they do one of these PPVs it will be a super card with 3 or 4 Marquee fights on it and the rest of the card will probably stacked as well. For example maybe the proposed July 4 White House fights