With the UFC moving from FOX Sports to ESPN starting in 2019, they’ll be under the same network as Top Rank Boxing. In other words, bitter rivals Dana White and Bob Arum have to share the airwaves for the next several years, and this coming after Arum claimed the UFC tried to buy Top Rank’s fight library.
Considering how many weekends the UFC and (to a lesser extent) Top Rank command, how does ESPN plan to handle scheduling these two fight promotions moving forward? According to ESPN executive VP of Scheduling and Programming Burke Magnus, we might see them paired up for a combat sports doubleheader.