The UFC signed off on Conor McGregor facing Floyd Mayweather on Aug. 26 but that will end the promotion’s involvement in arguably the biggest fight in combat sports history.
According to UFC president Dana White, Showtime will handle pay-per-view for Mayweather vs. McGregor including all distribution and production for the event.
White said that the UFC will do some shoulder programming for the bout including some typical fight week programming, but ultimately the pay-per-view is left up to Showtime.
“Showtime is the exclusive distributor of Floyd Mayweather’s fights, but they were kind enough to open the gate and let us do some stuff, too.