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The meet and greet was at UFC 306 at the Sphere in Las Vegas nearly a year ago. In the luxury box of TKO Holdings, which owns UFC and WWE, were media luminaries: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Disney’s Bob Iger and the future leader of Paramount, David Ellison, CEO of Skydance.
This deal comes one week after ESPN cut a deal with another TKO company, WWE, to air all of its premium live events on the network’s new platform.
Joe Rogan praises UFC’s Paramount+ deal but hopes the promotion keeps ESPN ties, calling the network vital for attracting new MMA fans.
LAS VEGAS – Eric McConico met the media Saturday after his split decision win over Cody Brundage at UFC on ESPN 72. McConico (10-3-1 MMA, 1-1 UFC) took a pair of 29-28 scores from Brundage (11-7-1 MMA, 5-6-1 UFC) to open up the card at the UFC Apex. The dissenting scorecard in Brundage's favor was a 30-27.
UFC on ESPN 62 took place Saturday, and MMA Junkie provided live round-by-round coverage and official results of the event which took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. Former middleweight title ...
ESPN has long touted its UFC deal as one of the cornerstones of ESPN+’s success in attracting new subscribers. However, during a recent appearance on the SI Media with Jimmy Traina podcast ...
At UFC on ESPN 72 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas, Elijah Smith was dealing with pesky arm and leg submission attempts from Toshiomi Kazama in the first round of their fight on the prelims. Then he turned the tables – possibly in an all-time way.
ESPN and UFC agreed to a five-year, $1.5 billion deal in 2018 (beginning 2019) that allows ESPN to air 30 UFC Fight Night events annually, with 10 main cards on ESPN’s television networks and 20 ...
ESPN is increasing the price for UFC PPVs for the third time, bumping the cost of each pay-per-view card up $5 to $74.99.
LAS VEGAS – Gabriella Fernandes met the media Saturday after her unanimous decision win over Julija Stoliarenko at UFC on ESPN 72. Fernandes (11-3 MMA, 3-2 UFC) outworked Stoliarenko (11-9-1 MMA, 2-7 UFC) on the prelims at the UFC Apex. It was the Brazilian's third straight UFC win after an 0-2 start in the promotion in 2023.
UFC on ESPN 65 took place Saturday, MMA Junkie had you covered with round-by-round coverage and official results throughout the event. UFC on ESPN 65 took place at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas (ESPN ...