how much did paramount pay for ufc

Paramount agreed to pay about $7.7 billion for UFC’s U.S. media rights over a seven‑year deal, which works out to roughly $1.1 billion per year on average.

Deal basics

• The agreement is for exclusive U.S. rights to UFC events, starting with the 2026 calendar year.

• The total value is reported at $7.7 billion spread across seven years, with payments structured to ramp up over time rather than being flat each year.

• On an annual basis, that averages around $1.1 billion per year paid by Paramount to UFC parent TKO Group.

What Paramount gets

• Rights to all 43 UFC events per year: 13 major “numbered” events plus about 30 Fight Nights.

• Streaming of the full package on Paramount+, with some of the biggest cards also simulcast on CBS broadcast TV in the U.S.

Why it’s a big number

• The deal is significantly larger than UFC’s prior U.S. rights deal with ESPN, which was widely estimated in the mid‑hundreds of millions per year, meaning this package roughly doubles UFC’s U.S. media‑rights take.

• It’s also part of Paramount’s first major strategic move after the Skydance merger, signaling a bet that UFC can anchor Paramount+ and drive subscriber growth and engagement.

TL;DR: Paramount didn’t buy the UFC outright; it bought U.S. media rights in a seven‑year, $7.7 billion deal, averaging about $1.1 billion per year.

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