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The Ultimate Fighting Championship will officially be moving to at least one new platform beginning in 2019.
The Las Vegas-based promotion announced Tuesday that it has reached an “immersive, multi-year rights agreement for exclusive content on ESPN+, as well as across a variety of ESPN’s television social and digital platforms” beginning in 2019.
The main component of the deal is 15 UFC events to be branded UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night over the course of next year. Each card will be composed of 12 bouts, according to a release.