{"id":386787,"date":"2026-01-04T02:33:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386787\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T02:33:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T02:33:04","slug":"ufc-on-paramount-launch-already-better-than-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/386787\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC On Paramount+ Launch \u2018Already Better Than ESPN\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officially launched its new interface and library on Paramount+<\/a> this weekend and fight fans are having a field day.<\/p>\n

In case you didn\u2019t know, UFC on ESPN is no longer a thing. The premier MMA organization struck a massive $7.7 billion deal with Paramount+<\/a> last year to begin streaming fights, live content, and everything UFC beginning in 2026. It\u2019s a massive move for the promotion and fight fans as the long-standing pay-per-view (PPV) model will be a thing of the past<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Well, it\u2019s now 2026 and UFC has officially made the move over to Paramount+. The first official event will be UFC 324<\/a> on Jan. 24 from Las Vegas, Nevada, but fight fans can now log on, check out the new UFC interface, watch some old fights, and gear up for a new year of cheap content<\/a> and memorable fights.<\/p>\n

As expected, fight fans carried some reservations into the new year without knowing how the new UFC hub will look, feel, and work. Of course, there have already been some early struggles as Paramount+ works to roll out all of the cool features and search tools, but for the most part fight fans are happy to be moving away from ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MMA reporter Ariel Helwani got the positive feedback rolling on Friday night before a collection of fans chimed in to share in the Paramount+ love. Check it out below and let us know your initial thoughts on UFC\u2019s new interface and library.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ads in the middle of fights need to stop – can I upgrade my Paramount+ sub to not see any ads? I haven\u2019t figured this one out yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cParamount is already a better experience than ESPN and Fight Pass\u2026 THIS will be the pirate killer in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCan\u2019t search a fighters name and see all their fights. I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll add it, but impossible to find fights for a lot of guys right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI logged on and almost shed a tear. To see fights from 2002 when I was 12 is crazy. Wish I got the ad free version.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready doing things so much better than ESPN. I watched a ton of fights last night. It feels like Paramount is actually proud of the product while ESPN felt like they wanted to punish us for loving the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLoving the new page so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBar was low. ESPN app sucked and glitched.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the TV app it\u2019s still a bit wonky to navigate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) officially launched its new interface and library on Paramount+ this weekend and fight fans…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,33601,638,82,139736,139445,702],"class_list":["post-386787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-ufc-on-cbs","tag-ufc-on-paramount","tag-ufc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}