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ESPN and UFC just announced a massive change to how numbered PPV's will work, starting immediately. (The ESPN deal also got extended 2 more years)
From now on, UFC PPV events will ***ONLY*** be available on the ESPN+ streaming service, and only if you subscribe. (Subscription is $5/month or $50/year). So the days of just flipping over on your remote and buying it are over, but there are ESPN+ apps for pretty much every device.
The price for UFC PPV events will also go down $5, back to $60. (So I guess if you typically only buy 1 PPV a year, the price doesn't change, but you have to get ESPN+ for the month, get the PPV, and then cancel ESPN+ to do that). They are also offering a bundle deal for $80 to get a full year of ESPN+ and 1 PPV.
ESPN paid a "license fee" (currently unknown) to get the UFC to do this, but that license fee must have been huge because now fans with bad internet service will have to go to Buffalo Wild Wings.
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