UFC changed broadcasters in several of its biggest markets at the start of 2026. In the United States the pay-per-view model ended and every card moved to Paramount+. Latin America and Australia signed with Paramount+ too, while the UK, Ireland, Canada and New Zealand kept separate deals. This guide lists the official broadcaster in each of those markets as of September 2026, based on announcements from UFC, Paramount and the broadcasters themselves.
| Market | Where UFC airs in 2026 |
|---|---|
| United States | Every card on Paramount+; some numbered cards also on CBS |
| Latin America, including Brazil | Every card on Paramount+ |
| Australia | Fight Nights and numbered-event prelims on Paramount+; numbered main cards on pay-per-view through Main Event (Foxtel, Kayo) |
| New Zealand | Fight Nights on UFC Fight Pass and TVNZ+; numbered main cards on pay-per-view through Fight Pass, TVNZ+ Event Pass or Sky |
| UK and Ireland | TNT Sports (also on HBO Max in the UK); a few cards on TNT Sports Box Office |
| Canada | Most Fight Nights and prelims on Sportsnet and TVA Sports; early prelims and eight Fight Nights a year on UFC Fight Pass; numbered main cards on pay-per-view until Paramount+ takes them in 2027 |
United States: Paramount+ and CBS
Paramount and TKO, the company that owns UFC, announced their deal on August 11, 2025. It runs for seven years from 2026 at an average of $1.1 billion a year and makes Paramount+ the exclusive US home of UFC. The package is 13 numbered events and 30 Fight Nights a year. The numbered cards used to be sold on pay-per-view. Under the new deal they come with an ordinary Paramount+ subscription at no extra cost.
Paramount+ says every plan includes UFC, so the cheaper Essential tier with ads works as well as Premium. For 2026 it describes the slate as 12 numbered events, 30 Fight Nights and a card at the White House. The first event on the service was UFC 324 in Las Vegas on January 24, 2026, where Justin Gaethje beat Paddy Pimblett for the interim lightweight title. The whole card, early prelims included, streamed on Paramount+.
Some numbered events also air free on CBS. The first was UFC 326 on March 7, 2026, when CBS simulcast two hours from 8 to 10 p.m. ET: the last hour of the prelims and the first hour of the main card. The Max Holloway vs Charles Oliveira main event stayed on Paramount+. For UFC 331 on September 19, the early prelims started at 5:30 p.m. ET, the prelims at 7 p.m. and the main card at 9 p.m.
Latin America and Brazil: Paramount+
On October 28, 2025, Paramount and UFC extended their partnership to Latin America and Australia, again for seven years from 2026. Across Latin America, with Brazil named in the announcement, Paramount+ carries all 13 numbered events and all 30 Fight Nights live at no extra cost to subscribers. That is the same package as in the US, so the numbered cards come with the subscription rather than as a separate purchase.
Australia and New Zealand: split deals
The Australian part of the Paramount deal is narrower, and one numbered card can need three services. Paramount+ has every Fight Night, main card and prelims, plus the prelims of the numbered events. The main cards of numbered events are still pay-per-view, sold only through Main Event on Foxtel and Kayo Sports. UFC says you do not need a Kayo subscription to buy one. Network Ten also shows the numbered-event prelims, and the early prelims are on both Paramount+ and UFC Fight Pass. UFC published this breakdown on January 15, 2026, and the 2026 price of Fight Pass in Australia is $6.99 a month or $66.99 a year.
In New Zealand, TVNZ, the state-owned broadcaster, became a UFC partner in 2026 alongside Sky and UFC Fight Pass. Fight Nights, main card and prelims, are on UFC Fight Pass and free on the TVNZ+ streaming service, and most of those fights also go out on the TVNZ DUKE channel. For numbered events the prelims are free on TVNZ+ and also on Fight Pass, and the early prelims are only on Fight Pass. The main card is pay-per-view through Fight Pass, TVNZ+ Event Pass or Sky. Sky customers with a Sky Box buy it through Sky Arena, and people without one can buy it on Sky Sport Now with no subscription.
UK and Ireland: TNT Sports
The Paramount agreements do not cover Britain or Ireland. TNT Sports says it and HBO Max carry live coverage of every UFC card in the UK, and that TNT Sports is still sold through its existing partners in the UK and Ireland. Anyone in the UK who gets TNT Sports from one of those partners can also watch on HBO Max, and in the UK only TNT sells a standalone plan as well. The exception is pay-per-view. TNT says a small number of events go on TNT Sports Box Office, so check the listing for a big numbered card before assuming it is in your subscription.
British and Irish viewers also deal with the clock. A US main card at 9 p.m. ET starts at 2 a.m. in London during British Summer Time. Cards staged in other time zones can land better: UFC.com lists the main card of UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on October 24 at 18:00 UTC, which is 7 p.m. in London.
Canada: Sportsnet and TVA now, Paramount+ from 2027
Canada is still on a deal UFC announced in November 2023, which started in 2024. Sportsnet is the English-language home of Fight Night cards and of the prelims of numbered events, on its TV channels and the Sportsnet+ app, and TVA Sports covers them in French. The exceptions are eight Fight Night events a year and the early prelims of every card, which the 2023 announcement kept exclusive to UFC Fight Pass in Canada. The main cards of numbered events remain pay-per-view in 2026, sold through cable, satellite and digital providers.
That changes next year. On June 4, 2026, Paramount and UFC said Paramount+ will be the exclusive Canadian home of the main cards of all 13 numbered events for six years from 2027, at no extra cost to subscribers. The same announcement said more than 10 million households had already watched over 100 million hours of UFC on Paramount+. It did not say what happens to Canadian prelims or Fight Nights after 2026, so check again before the first numbered card of 2027.
Everywhere else
UFC says its programming reaches nearly 950 million broadcast and digital households in more than 210 countries and territories, so the table above covers only the largest deals. For any other country, start with UFC.com. Each event page has a How to Watch box that changes with the country you visit from and names the local rights holder. In some countries it sends you to UFC Fight Pass, the promotion's own streaming service, for the prelims and to a Fight Pass order page for the main card of a numbered event.
Fight Pass also holds the UFC fight library and live cards from other promotions, and in Australia and New Zealand it has the early prelims of every event. Our UFC schedule lists every upcoming card with its start time in Eastern time. For what the fighters do in the days before a card, from media day to the scale, see our UFC fight week guide.
