UFC Pay-Per-Views Exclusive to ESPN+: Is This Good? | SiriusXM | Luke Thomas

UFC President Dana White announced on Monday that going forward (starting from UFC 236), all UFC pay-per-views (PPVs) will air exclusively through ESPN+, ESPN's streaming service. This is major news with enormous implications for the sport. Will top fighters who earn large sums through PPV points like Conor McGregor still get the same cut? Will this reduce visibility of the sport? Why did the UFC cut off cable companies? Why do fans have to become members of ESPN+ just to watch PPVs? I have seven major takeaways from this news, some of them good while others bad. What I know for sure is this will affect the sport for years to come.

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