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Paramount buys UFC rights for $7.7 billion, ending PPV events


Paramount just inked a deal with UFC for exclusive rights to air fights. The $7.7 billion contract is good for seven years.

Paramount just acquired the US rights to UFC for seven years in a deal worth $7.7 billion dollars, according to reporting by NBC News. This contract begins in 2026 and covers the organization's full slate of 13 marquee bouts and 30 Fight Night events per year. Paramount has promised to end all US-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and to hire a bias monitor for CBS News to make sure that conservative voices aren't drowned out by the constant drumbeat of reality.

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