UFC President Dana White believes the future of MMA is very bright after this week’s news of UFC pay-per-view making an exclusive move to ESPN+ starting next month.
U.S. pay-per-view customers will only be able to find events on ESPN+. In addition, the organization inked two additional years with its broadcast partner, keeping the relationship together until 2025.
“This was the right move at the right time,” White told MMAjunkie. “ESPN has been an incredible partner in just a short amount of time. Everything works together.”
While that might be true from White and the UFC’s perspective, there are questions to be asked by fans and fighters. And so, with that in mind, we asked one of our own for our Daily Debate: How will the UFC’s new pay-per-view deal with ESPN affect viewership for numbered events?
The results (via Twitter):
To hear the MMA Junkie Radio crew weigh in on the topic, watch the video above.
For more on the upcoming UFC schedule, visit the UFC Rumors section of the site.
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