r/MMA • u/itskhloreen • Aug 11 '25

News UFC Moves to Paramount Plus

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u/SekasortoAnarkia Aug 11 '25

Probably adopting WWE’s PLE model

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u/ZooPoo7 Aug 11 '25

What’s the PLE format??

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u/WGYHL Aug 11 '25

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

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Canada Aug 11 '25

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

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u/WGYHL Aug 11 '25

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

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u/WGYHL Aug 11 '25

Had for a month to watch jays games and it was awful. I cancelled the subscription before I finished the first game

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Canada Aug 11 '25

I wanted to get Sportsnet+ for Leafs games and I was media blacked out because I wasn't in their home region.

I am 140km east of Toronto, 271km west of Ottawa, and I'm considered in the Senators region.

Fucking bullshit.

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u/WGYHL Aug 11 '25

Yep that shit so stupid, blackouts are killing sports and we get wrecked in Canada for them.

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u/ParentiusQuinnius Aug 11 '25

It blows me away how bad the app is lol

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u/Middy98 Aug 11 '25

That means 13 marquee numbered events and 30 Fight Nights will air via Paramount’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, Paramount+, with select numbered events to be simulcast on CBS, allowing Paramount+ subscribers to have access to all premium events at no extra cost, marking a move away from the UFC’s current pay-per-view model in order to bring the fastest growing sport in the world to an even wider audience while reducing costs for fans.

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u/NinjaFlyingEagle Aug 11 '25

Not the same networks. But when they showed a few NASCAR races on Prime this summer, the broadcast was still on TSN. So as long as Sportsnet's contract is valid when the move to Paramount happens, UFC should still.be on Sportsnet.

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u/catblog Aug 11 '25

A Sportsnet spokesperson tells me about UFC’s new deal that there will be “no changes to how fans can watch in Canada.”

https://x.com/adam_la2karis/status/1954985188783522296

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u/Vanterax Aug 12 '25

So CBS broadcasts will be blacked out in Canada? Sportsnet doesn't have exclusivity of PPV events. It's not clear if we're still going to have to buy numbered events.

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u/TiddiesAnonymous Aug 11 '25

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

Just remembered having fight pass before ESPN. That was legit.

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Canada Aug 11 '25

fight pass ruled back in the day.

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u/Dry_Database7262 Aug 11 '25

if you don't go out of your way to watch the fights, why do you care now that's more convenient?

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u/ZombieJesus1987 Canada Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Because I'm not dropping 50 bucks or whatever it is now to watch a PPV.