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Originally Posted by alnorth
The bidding for UFC's TV rights is over. FOX is out, ESPN bought everything. It is $1.5B over 5 years, $300MM per year. For that, ESPN gets:
- 10 full events on ESPN channels
- 12 PPV prelim cards on ESPN channels
- 20 events on ESPN+ (ESPN's new streaming service which will be $5/month in 2019)
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Since the stole Ariel Helwani from SB Nation, and bought up all the shows, I hope they make a genuine push to put a well produced product out and not have Kevin Rooney try and do MMA shows.