Overview
- The UFC and Paramount announced Thursday a six-year Canadian deal that takes effect in January 2027 and moves all numbered-event main cards from pay-per-view to exclusive Paramount+ streaming.
- Paramount+ will carry those main cards at no extra charge to subscribers and across all pricing tiers, with the lowest tier currently cited at $7.99.
- Sportsnet and TVA will keep domestic rights to preliminary bouts on numbered cards and to the roughly 30 annual UFC Fight Night events, preserving a split between streaming and broadcast windows.
- The change cuts a steep cost for fans who previously paid about $69.99 per numbered pay-per-view and could prompt more Canadians to subscribe to Paramount+.
- The expansion follows Paramount+’s U.S. and Latin America launch earlier in 2026, which the partners said reached over 10 million households and drove heavy viewing, and the UFC says which specific events stream first will be announced later this year.