One of the questions concerning the UFC’s new broadcast rights deal was whether or not we would see a decrease in pay-per-view events. So far, we know that ESPN+ will stream up to 15 fight cards per year starting in 2019, with the television package still not awarded. It is reported that FOX and NBC are both bidding for that piece of the programming pie.
As far as how many cards are up for grabs? This blurb from Bloomberg magazine breaks it all down:
“The UFC is free to negotiate with other partners for the rest of its live rights. Those include 12 pay-per-view events, 12 pay-per-view prelim events (being offered separately in this round of talks) and about 15 other…
Report: UFC won’t be cutting back on PPV events under new TV deal