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FOX Sports has reacted to the news of a new TV deal between the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ESPN. Word broke that the UFC and ESPN had agreed to a five-year television deal worth $1.5 billion. The deal would bring a total of 30 events shar…
FOX Sports has reacted to the news of a new TV deal between the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and ESPN. Word broke that the UFC and ESPN had agreed to a five-year television deal worth $1.5 billion. The deal would bring a total of 30 events shared between ESPN’s major networks and their digital platform […]
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ESPN and FOX are reportedly teaming up to make an offer to obtain the UFC’s television rights with fight cards being split between the two networks. According to the report from Variety, ESPN and FOX have teamed together with plans to split the U…
ESPN and FOX are reportedly teaming up to make an offer to obtain the UFC’s television rights with fight cards being split between the two networks. According to the report from Variety, ESPN and FOX have teamed together with plans to split the UFC television package between their two outlets in a deal that could […]
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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and FOX may soon be done doing business. The UFC broke major ground when they signed a deal with FOX. The promotion had big events planned for the major TV network, with smaller shows being aired on Fuel TV. The…
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and FOX may soon be done doing business. The UFC broke major ground when they signed a deal with FOX. The promotion had big events planned for the major TV network, with smaller shows being aired on Fuel TV. The first event on the major FOX channel, which saw Cain […]
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You can now buy UFC pay-per-views on Amazon Prime after WME-IMG and Amazon executives came to a deal, according to Sports Business Daily. The UFC’s television deal with FOX is up soon with the option of renewal, meanwhile, it’s been speculated that Amazon is looking to get into live sports, so who knows what could […]
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You can now buy UFC pay-per-views on Amazon Prime after WME-IMG and Amazon executives came to a deal, according to Sports Business Daily.
The UFC’s television deal with FOX is up soon with the option of renewal, meanwhile, it’s been speculated that Amazon is looking to get into live sports, so who knows what could come of this deal.
FOX currently pays about $200 million a year to broadcast live UFC content, with many events being featured on FS1 and 2, two channels that only come with a premium cable package. Amazon Prime, on the other hand, is available to anyone with internet access, which would certainly broaden their accessibility.
Before the UFC even dreamed of a deal with FOX, they were broadcast live on SPIKE TV up until 2011, when the UFC officially made the switch.
Will Amazon pony up upwards of $200 million a year like FOX is to broadcast live UFC events? Or do you see FOX and the UFC coming to terms on a new deal?
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UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 will air this Christmas Eve on FOX, according to a report by MMA Fighting. The special is scheduled for December 24 beginning at 10 p.m. ET and running for 90 minutes. The exact nature of what will be shown is unknown at th…
UFC 218: Holloway vs. Aldo 2 will air this Christmas Eve on FOX, according to a report by MMA Fighting. The special is scheduled for December 24 beginning at 10 p.m. ET and running for 90 minutes. The exact nature of what will be shown is unknown at this time. UFC 218 went down earlier […]
The UFC is looking to cash in huge on the television rights renewal deal in early 2018, but it looks like it won’t be with FOX if they do. With the promotion supposedly seeking a lofty $450 million for their TV deal in 2018, FOX has reportedly offered the world’s foremost MMA promotion a deal […]
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The UFC is looking to cash in huge on the television rights renewal deal in early 2018, but it looks like it won’t be with FOX if they do.
With the promotion supposedly seeking a lofty $450 million for their TV deal in 2018, FOX has reportedly offered the world’s foremost MMA promotion a deal worth less than half of that at $200 million according to John Ourand of Sports Business Journal (via Darren Rovell of ESPN):
Can confirm Fox initial offer for UFC rights in the $200M range, as first reported by @Ourand_SBJ.
UFC sale document said rights were worth as much as $450M. Don't believe WME/IMG ever thought that was realistic.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 27, 2017
If you’re saying $200 million is a huge number, you’re right – yet it’s hardly the bank-busting sum the UFC was hoping for when the company was sold recently, and not a number that will go too far in repaying some of the loans used to buy it.
With pay-per-view broadcasts still the main vehicle for major UFC events, FOX has owned the television rights to broadcast the UFC since 2011, leading to several criticisms like sheer oversaturation. Their previous deal was worth roughly $100 million per year and resulted in a deluge of UFC -related content aired on FOX, FOX Sports 1, and FX to a lesser extent.
According to Rovell, the UFC had an exclusive negotiating period with FOX that ended nearly two months ago, and this offer below the UFC’s lofty asking price came after that.
If the promotion, which was sold to Endeavor (formerly WME-IMG) for a then-record $4.2 billion in 2016, chooses not to re-sign with FOX, a host of other platforms such as Google, Amazon and even SHOWTIME has been teased as a possible landing spot. However, after UFC pay-per-view sales and overall numbers tanked during a 2017 largely devoid of major stars, this wasn’t the anticipation the new owners were looking for with their first TV deal, and much of that can be attributed to them hitching their wagon to one star – Conor McGregor – who didn’t even fight in the Octagon in 2017.
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