Dana White revealed there are early indicators that the UFC’s debut on Paramount+ shall be a hit.
When the UFC’s broadcast cope with ESPN expires, the highest MMA promotion signed a seven-year, $7.7 billion streaming cope with Paramount. The deal marked the top of the pay-per-view period for the UFC. On Saturday, UFC 324 marked the promotion’s Paramount+ debut.
Within the UFC 324 post-fight press convention, White mentioned he did not know the streaming numbers. Nonetheless, White was given some promising early indicators.
“I simply talked to Ali (Emanuel) and he mentioned we’ll get the numbers Monday or Tuesday,” White mentioned. “That is an unbelievable exceedance for Paramount. We all know it is due, however we do not know the precise numbers but. They are saying they exceeded it by an element of two.”
The spotlight of UFC 324 was the interim light-weight title combat. Justin Gaethje and Paddy Pimblett fought their method to the top, with Gaethje profitable the gold medal by unanimous choice. Gaethje earned a title unification bout towards important titleholder Ilya Topria, who’s presently on hiatus from skilled MMA competitors.
The present was imagined to characteristic the return of Amanda Nunes. “The Lioness” was scheduled to problem Kayla Harrison for the UFC Ladies’s Bantamweight Championship. Issues did not go as deliberate as a consequence of Harrison’s neck surgical procedure.
In consequence, former UFC bantamweight champions Sean O’Malley and Tune Yadong have earned co-headliner spots. O’Malley returned to the win column with a unanimous choice. The “SUGA” program is hoping for a rematch with present UFC bantamweight champion Petr Yan.
Waldo Cortez-Acosta, ranked No. 5 within the UFC heavyweight rankings, shared the Octagon with fan favourite Derrick Lewis. There was no celebration for “The Black Beast,” who misplaced by TKO within the second spherical. Cortez-Acosta prolonged his profitable streak to 3.
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