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MENA Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has agreed a carriage deal with subscription video-on-demand service StarzPlay to further widen coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Middle East…
Global Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed martial arts promotion UFC has agreed a “multi-year” extension of its global content agreement with social-media platform Snapchat.
Japan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Ultimate Fighting Championship has launched its direct-to-consumer OTT service UFC Fight Pass in Japan. The service offers an interface and event commentary in Japanese, and localised content
Global Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a fresh content agreement with social media platform Facebook designed to showcase its pay-per-view broadcasts
Indian Subcontinent Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India has extended an exclusive rights deal for coverage of the Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series
Afghanistan Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Abu Dhabi Media will exploit its exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship media rights via a new OTT platform dedicated specifically to broadcasting fights across 21 territories in the Middle East and…
Ukraine

Multi-territory sports broadcaster Setanta Sports will launch in Ukraine on August 1, having picked up a host of sports rights in the country
USA

Endeavor Group Holdings, the parent company of the IMG agency and mixed martial arts promotion the UFC, has filed for an initial public offering in a move that had long been mooted by the sports industry
China Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has agreed a partnership with Chinese social media platform Weibo

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The expected collapse of Eleven Sports’ UK business has pushed IMG back to square one in its bid to stir up competition in the country and ruined the best-laid plans of multiple mixed martial arts promotions.
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Sub-Saharan Africa

African pay-television broadcaster SuperSport completed a complex negotiation with the Ultimate Fighting Championship last week, signing off on a new five-year contract. The deal is worth $1.2m (€1.1
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Germany

DAZN has acquired exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship rights in Germany and Austria, more than doubling the previous value of the rights. OTT service DAZN will pay just under $2m (€1.7
Mixed Martial Arts
United Kingdom

Eleven Sports has acquired exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland for the next three years, paying a lower minimum guarantee than its predecessor BT
MENA MMA

Pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has acquired exclusive Ultimate Fighting Championship media rights in the Middle East and North Africa, with the state-run group to launch a localised OTT service…
Russia Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

The UFC and Russian company Media Telecom have announced the launch of UFC TV, a dedicated channel in Russia and CIS. The channel will be available via state-owned telco Rostelecom
China MMA

Mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship has signed its latest content partnership in China through a deal with content discovery platform Toutiao
USA Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

UFC has deepened its partnership with ESPN with a deal which places its pay-per-view events exclusively on OTT streaming service ESPN+ in the United States until 2025.
USA Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

The ESPN+ streaming service gained 568,000 new subscribers on Friday and Saturday combined – and over 525,000 on Saturday alone – directly from the onset of ESPN's new UFC rights deal.
Russia MMA

Media Telecom, a joint venture between Russian telco Rostelecom and National Media Group, has agreed a rights deal with mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Global Boxing

UFC Fight Pass, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s digital subscription service, will double its live event schedule in 2019 through a host of new content deals.
United Kingdom Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has triggered an exit clause in its contract with Eleven Sports in the UK and will return to BT Sport from 2019, SportBusiness Media understands.
Canada Mixed Martial Arts

Pay-television broadcasters TSN and RDS have agreed a new multi-year extension of its media-rights deal with the UFC
Asia

Japanese pay-television operator Wowow has reclaimed rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship, seemingly replacing DAZN as the promotion’s broadcast partner in Japan.
USA Mixed Martial Arts

Conor McGregor's return to UFC this weekend is projected to spur a major revival of the company's fortunes.
Europe Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Eleven Sports has acquired rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the UK and Ireland from 2019.
Germany Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Digital media company DAZN Group has acquired rights in Germany and Austria to mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship
USA Basketball

UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport is set to lose its rights to North American basketball league the NBA and mixed martial arts promotion the Ultimate Fighting Championship