“The pay-per-view model is a thing of the past,” Mark Shapiro, President and Chief Operating Officer of TKO Group, said of the deal, per CNBC. “What’s on pay-per-view anymore? Boxing?

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The UFC has passed on Netflix and ESPN to go with Paramount CBS for their next media rights deal starting in 2026.

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Dana White seems to have already backtracked on the idea that the UFC’s pay-per-view model is finished, just hours after it seemed like those days were over.