RUMOUR: UFC New TV Deal with Fox for $300M a year

[Queen B]

Its not the $500 million they wanted but still decent if true.

Dizz is pretty credible with these sources





ESPN was supposed to be the top bidder but they just signed a huge boxing deal with Bob Arum

 

[Danespina]

Would this be an improvement on the original fox deal?

 

[Queen B]

Would this be an improvement on the original fox deal?

Yeah its a little less than 3x what they get paid now.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

Dizz doesn't know shit.

 

[wilKO]

Damn. Neck and neck with football now.

WME be entering fighters locker rooms like...

 

[Fiddlesticks]

The original deal was something like $700 million for 7 years.

 

[theycallmeskidmarks]

UFC is dying

 

[hillelslovak87]

Damn. Neck and neck with football now.

WME be entering fighters locker rooms like...

WME, unlike Fat Joe, has money.....

 

[Fluffernutter]

Getting paid by Fox.

Breaks news on ESPN.

 

[Credo]

Yippie!

 

[Paradigm]

We'll see if it happens.

 

[Irishwhiskey119]

Getting paid by Fox.

Breaks news on ESPN.

I think Fox knows that it's good for business if you use that massive platform of ESPN because in the long run that will help ratings on Fox.

No fights to show on ESPN.

 

[Metal_Daze]

Dying indeed. More like dyeing...

Yeah, UFC is dyeing.

 

[Subliminal Message]

They need to pay the fucking fighters
When nba signed their deal player payincrease was crazy

 

[Queen B]

The original deal was something like $700 million for 7 years.

The hope was that ESPN was willing to pay that much, especially since its dyeing.

 

[BenRichards]

The fighters should really be getting a cut of that tv deal

 

[Subliminal Message]

The fighters should really be getting a cut of that tv deal

 

[Subliminal Message]

 

[Intermedius]

If this figure is real, the UFC instantly jumps to over 1 billion in revenue a year. If WME can get UFC toys to sell to kids and grown men in the basement, I think they can make their money back in sufficient time.

P.S. the $500 asking price, if real, would be ludicrous. NBC Universal pays WWE only $150 mil/ year in comparison. Granted, I've never seen a WWE event, not since WWF in my middle school days, but i doubt their ratings are 4 times greater.

 

[Blanqa Blanqua]

WME, unlike Fat Joe, has money.....

What sort of asshole goes around making a point of hanging shit on Fat Joe?