{"id":67860,"date":"2025-08-14T14:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67860\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:44:07","slug":"joe-rogan-on-ufcs-paramount-deal-sport-is-going-to-go-fcking-hypernova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/67860\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan on UFC’s Paramount deal: ‘Sport is going to go f*cking hypernova’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joe Rogan sees the UFC’s deal with Paramount helping the sport grow exponentially.<\/p>\n

This week, the UFC signed a massive\u00a0seven-year, $7.7. billion U.S. broadcasting rights deal exclusively with Paramount<\/a>\u00a0that will bring all 43 annual events to streaming on Paramount+, including\u00a0select “marquee” events<\/a>\u00a0that will simulcast on Paramount’s flagship network, CBS.<\/p>\n

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With fans no longer having to pay for monthly pay-per-view events, Rogan thinks the viewership numbers will inevitably increase.<\/p>\n

“Through the roof,” Rogan said in a recent episode of his “Joe Rogan Experience”<\/a> podcast.\u00a0“And it’s a super smart move for Paramount. What a great move to not just have the UFC for seven years, but have it for free. How much does it cost a month? Let’s say it’s 10 bucks. That’s crazy. That’s a $120 a year, you could watch every UFC pay-per-view? Two UFC pay-per-views is, like, 140 bucks, right? Isn’t it? Aren’t they, like, $70? So you get all of them. Everything’s free? That’s incredible. This sport is going to go f*cking hypernova.”<\/p>\n

Rogan, who Dana White confirmed will be sticking around<\/a>, hopes the UFC doesn’t sever its relationship with ESPN as he still sees value in having some aspects broadcasted there.<\/p>\n

“By the way, ESPN has everything, too. It’s great. I’m kind of bummed out, and I hope they don’t lose the relationship that they had with ESPN with all their MMA shows,” Rogan said. “I hope they don’t go, like, ‘F*ck them, they went to Paramount.’ I hope it’s a mutually beneficial thing, like the UFC at least does some content still on ESPN.<\/p>\n

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“Because I think that’s also a big factor in pulling people from casual viewers that watch other sports that might occasionally watch a UFC fight and then they see, like, Dustin Poirier vs. Max Holloway and they’re like, ‘Holy sh*t,’ and then they\u2019re hooked. Having that coverage on ‘SportsCenter,’ that sh*t’s huge. Having those post-fight shows on ESPN+, that sh*t is huge for the real dorks like me. That’s huge.”<\/p>\n

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