The days of UFC Pay-Per-View purchases for fight fans down under are numbered.
On Tuesday, promotion officials announced the expansion of their upcoming broadcast deal with streaming service Paramount+, which will see all UFC Fight Nights and numbered events air on the platform with a basic subscription, no PPV fee required. Kicking off in the U.S. in 2026, the deal will now cover Australia, Latin America, and Brazil as well.
The UFC had spent roughly two decades on Globo in Brazil prior to jumping to Band in 2023. Despite being a three-year deal, that partnership dissolved at the end of 2024. The promotion then shifted content to its own streaming platform, UFC Fight Pass.
UFC PPV’s previously were carried on FoxTel and Kayo Sports in Australia. This new deal is set for seven years, the length of Paramount’s commitment to the UFC stateside. The U.S. deal alone is worth $1.1 billion annually.
“The partnership with Paramount has already been incredible and it just keeps getting bigger and better,” said UFC President and CEO Dana White, quoted in a press release issued Tuesday. “They are now taking on new territories like Latin America and Australia and this thing is just going to continue to grow. It just shows you how aggressive they are with this business, and I love it. I can’t wait to continue working together and building the next generation of talent all over the world.”
Territories like the U.K. and Canada remain under existing broadcast deals, though when those expire, it would not be surprising to see Paramount gobble them up as well.
