Speculation On UFC TV Deal, What It Means For WWE

According to Terez Owens NBC and ESPN have agreed to split the rights to UFC. Here is what is being reported:

Per our great source: This deal is worth a total of 320m/yr (160m/yr each). ESPN and NBC to pay for production (current deal UFC pays for production). ESPN and NBC will also have streaming rights and the fightpass prelims moving to their streaming platforms. Contender series to replace tuf (each network gets one season each per year). PPV’s reduced to 6 a year. New weight classes to be added to help fill the increased fight nights (men 165, female 105, etc). Each network will have exclusive rights to certain fighters (similar to how HBO and Showtime have their own boxers which they develop and build) outside of PPV. Remember you heard it here first! – TO

According to prior reports this would likely mean WWE and FOX have an agreement. Its also been reported that it would mean Raw will go to two hours and be on broadcast television.

Update: I have been told this by more than one source that this is true. While I can’t confirm the financial agreement, I can say that more than one source has confirmed this story. 

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