The big news of the week is that the UFC will be ending their partnership with Fox after selling their television rights to ESPN in an exclusive deal that will give the worldwide leader in sports the rights to 30 Fight Night events per year as well as preliminary card action for 12 UFC Pay-Per-Views each year, on top of various other accompanying UFC content. But the real kicker is the price tag: the five-year deal is worth $1.5 billion dollars total, or $300 million dollars per year.
It’s a big number and a big deal and in the aftermath, the big question is, what does this mean going forward?