{"id":60347,"date":"2025-08-12T00:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/60347\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T00:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T00:11:09","slug":"ufcs-7-7b-bombshell-espn-exit-for-paramount-cbs-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/60347\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC\u2019s $7.7B Bombshell: ESPN Exit for Paramount\/CBS in 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The mixed martial arts (MMA) world was rocked today by a seismic shift: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is parting ways with ESPN<\/a> in 2026, inking a colossal $7.7 billion<\/a>, seven-year deal with the Paramount\/CBS family.<\/p>\n

This blockbuster agreement hands Paramount and CBS the keys to every UFC event\u201413 numbered events (formerly pay-per-views<\/a>) and 30 \u201cFight Night<\/a>\u201d cards. Fans can catch all the action streaming on Paramount+, with select events also hitting linear TV on CBS.<\/p>\n

And now, we know what type of events will air on CBS: big ones.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s looking like we\u2019re going to do four big events a year,\u201d UFC CEO Dana White told CBS Sports HQ. \u201cWe\u2019re talking about doing a fight at the White House<\/a> next year on the 4th of July, the 250th anniversary of America. Imagine a massive fight on the lawn of the White House on CBS.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the UFC White House<\/a> event locked in as one of the four marquee CBS showcases, what else is on tap for 2026?<\/p>\n

Next up, International Fight Week<\/a> (IFW) is UFC\u2019s crown jewel, delivering the year\u2019s most stacked card. That\u2019s a no-brainer for CBS.<\/p>\n

Then, the July 4 UFC White House<\/a> spectacle\u2014patriotic chaos in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

Sure, massive fights can pop off any time (like a possible Conor McGregor return), but if we\u2019re betting on the four biggest events, it\u2019s the Paramount kickoff, IFW 2026, UFC White House, and MSG. These are the cards to circle on your calendar.<\/p>\n

To checkout UFC\u2019s upcoming schedule of events click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mixed martial arts (MMA) world was rocked today by a seismic shift: Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,30367,391,914,56,54,55,1819],"class_list":["post-60347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-tv","tag-ufc-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}