Paramount CBS was initially set to take half of UFC’s broadcast rights in the form of 30 Fight Night cards. But the deal grew following the closure of a merger between Skydance and Paramount. In 48 hours, an agreement for rights to all of UFC’s events was struck, bucking the assumption that UFC would remain with ESPN or move to Netflix.

On the heels of WWE signing a mega-money deal with ESPN, TKO announced Monday it reached a gigantic agreement with Paramount+ to broadcast UFC events starting in 2026. Ariel Helwani reported the deal is worth $7.7 billion over seven years.

Paramount will become the new home to all Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the U.S. and 30 "Fight Nights," TKO Group announced.

It looks like things are starting on the right for Dricus Du Plessis and Khamzat Chimaev. The two middleweights clash in a highly-anticipated championship fight this Saturday in the main event of UFC 319 – which goes down at United Center in Chicago.