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====ESPN partnership==== In May 2018, UFC reached new U.S. media rights deals with [[Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International]] and [[ESPN Inc.]], succeeding those with [[21st Century Fox]], which began in January 2019. The five-year contracts are cumulatively valued at $300 million per-year for digital and linear rights, roughly doubling the amount paid by Fox in the final year of its previous contract, and include 42 events on ESPN platforms per-year. [[ESPN]] linear networks will televise preliminary cards for UFC PPV events, and 10 UFC on ESPN Fight Night events per-year. The subscription streaming service [[ESPN+]] will broadcast 20 exclusive events per-year under the branding UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night; regardless of network, all Fight Night events will feature a full, 12-fight card, and their preliminaries will air exclusively on ESPN+. The ESPN+ service will also hold on-demand rights to UFC library and archive content, new seasons of ''[[Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series|Dana White's Contender Series]]'', and other new original content. UFC Fight Pass will be purchasable as an add-on for ESPN+ to stream pay-per-view events.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/ufc-moving-to-espn-from-fox-deal-valued-billion| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/ufc-moving-to-espn-from-fox-deal-valued-billion| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=UFC Moving to ESPN From Fox in Deal Valued at $1.5B|work=Broadcasting & Cable|access-date=May 24, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/5/23/17386740/what-we-know-about-ufc-broadcast-deal-espn-mma-news| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/5/23/17386740/what-we-know-about-ufc-broadcast-deal-espn-mma-news| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=What we know about the UFC's $1.5 billion broadcast deal with ESPN|work=Bloody Elbow|access-date=May 24, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/espn-enters-the-octagon-with-ufc-streaming-deal-1202384835/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://deadline.com/2018/05/espn-enters-the-octagon-with-ufc-streaming-deal-1202384835/| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=ESPN Enters The Octagon With UFC Streaming Deal|last=Hayes|first=Dade|date=May 8, 2018|work=Deadline|access-date=May 8, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2018/05/23/espn-ufc-television-rights-deal/635801002/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2018/05/23/espn-ufc-television-rights-deal/635801002/| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=Report: ESPN wrestles UFC television-rights deal away from Fox Sports|work=USA Today |access-date=May 23, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/5/23/17383356/report-espn-ufc-tv-rights-deal-300-million-mma-news| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://www.bloodyelbow.com/2018/5/23/17383356/report-espn-ufc-tv-rights-deal-300-million-mma-news| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=Report: ESPN lands UFC television rights deal, reportedly worth $150 million per year|work=Bloody Elbow|access-date=May 23, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On March 18, 2019, it was announced that ESPN had reached a two-year extension of the contract. In addition, it was announced that in the United States, future UFC PPVs [[Tying (commerce)|will only be sold]] through ESPN+ to its subscribers, and will no longer be sold via traditional television providers beginning with [[UFC 236]]. At the same time, the standard price for UFC PPVs was lowered to $59.99 (from $64.99), and new subscribers will be able to purchase a bundle of UFC PPV for a year of ESPN+ too.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/en/Daily/Closing%20Bell/2019/03/18/ESPN%20UFC.aspx| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211018/https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com:443/en/Daily/Closing%20Bell/2019/03/18/ESPN%20UFC.aspx| archive-date=2021-10-18|title=ESPN Extends With UFC; ESPN+ Becomes Exclusive PPV Provider|website=Sports Business Daily|language=en|access-date=March 18, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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