Under a seven -year agreement with Paramount TKO Group, all the ultimate fighting championship events in the US will become a new home Announced On Monday.
Under the deal, the paramount will distribute the full slate of its 13 marki number on its streaming platform paramount+ and the full slate of UFC of 30 “Fight Nights” – set to simultaneous on CBS with selected counted events – started in 2026.
In an interview with CBS Sports, UFC CEO Dana White said that his company is talking about hosting a fight at the White House on July 4, 2026 with the Trump administration to mark the 250th anniversary of the country.
“Imagine a large -scale fight on the lawn of the White House on CBS,” said White.
A source of the White House, familiar to the case, said that such an incident is estimated on 4 July next.
The 7-year deal marks a change away from the UFC’s existing pay-per-view model, which the paramount and TKO say that mixed martial arts programming will be allowed to reach more consumers across the country.
Paramount President and CEO David Ellison said in a statement, “The benefit of paramount lies in the expansioner of our linear and streaming platforms.” “Live sports remain a foundation stone of our broad strategy-driving engagement, customer development, and long-term loyalty, and the UFC year is a major victory to watch events on our platforms, apart from the year round.”
TKO President and COO Mark Shapiro said the deal would mean “deep engagement for the emotional fan base of UFC” and its athletes “will be loved by this new platform.”
Companies said on Monday that the average annual value of the seven -year deal is $ 1.1 billion or $ 7.7 billion from the length of the contract.
CBS News and Paramount+ original company is owned by Paramount and now Skydance, also said that it intends to detect UFC rights outside the US “because they become available in the future.”
TKO shares – Joe, apart from UFC, besides WWE, more than 10% jumped into Monday’s business.
