The UFC has determined to finish its broadcast cope with Band in Brazil, MMA Combating has realized. The MMA promotion’s three-year TV cope with the key community kicked off in January 2023, airing a dozen of Battle Evening playing cards a 12 months, however the firm has now parted methods with Band with 12 months nonetheless left on the deal.
The UFC often aired preliminary bouts on Brazilian YouTube channel GOAT, too, however that deal has additionally come to an finish, MMA Combating has realized.
The 2025 calendar begins for the UFC this Saturday with Brazilian strawweights Amanda Ribas and Mackenzie Dern battling in the principle occasion on the UFC APEX in Las Vegas, and Brazilian followers can solely watch it by UFC’s personal streaming platform UFC Battle Go.
UFC’s seven-year cope with ESPN in the USA will come to an finish in 2025, and the promotion is anticipating a really profitable deal wherever it goes subsequent. Brazil, the No. 2 nation when it comes to fighters below contract with the corporate and residential for international stars like Alex Pereira and Charles Oliveira, can be in an important second.
Brazil’s large Globo has had talks with the UFC about bringing again the partnership that lasted 20 years and got here to an finish in 2023, nevertheless it’s nonetheless unclear if they are going to come to an settlement. Netflix, one other participant within the U.S., is also an possibility in Brazil because it has tens of tens of millions of subscribers within the nation.
The UFC plans on returning to Brazil for a Battle Evening occasion in Brasilia on Could 31, a 12 months after the final journey to the nation for UFC 301 in Rio de Janeiro. It stays to be seen if the corporate can have a brand new broadcast deal signed by then.
Brazil has one of many most cost-effective Battle Go value tags on the planet, with the promotion presently providing a yearly subscription at a reduction for simply $2 a month to look at each UFC present, plus different occasions on the streaming platform’s library.
On the time of the launch, UFC CEO Dana White stated Battle Go would “take our enterprise to the subsequent degree by delivering all our content material on to our followers”, and Band would “present huge publicity for UFC and assist us develop our fan base and make this sport greater than ever.”
