The UFC’s pay-per-view pricing enjoyed a minor drop in cost for most of 2019, but that will change beginning with the new year.
When the UFC shifted the promotion’s pay-per-view distribution to ESPN+ in March 2019, the pay-per-view pricing dropped from $64.99 to $59.99, presumably to assist consumers with offsetting the $4.99/month charge to subscribe to ESPN+.
However, MMA Junkie has learned from ESPN+ officials that the pricing will return to $64.99 beginning with UFC 246, which takes place Jan. 18 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“ESPN+ is an incredible value to UFC fans, and this price change represents a return to the price that UFC fans traditionally paid, prior to ESPN+ decreasing the price for pay-per-view events for most of 2019,” an ESPN+ spokesperson told MMA Junkie.
For current non-subscribers to ESPN+, the pay-per-view and a one-year subscription to ESPN+ are being packaged together for $84.98, a similar increase from the current rate of $79.98.
According to an ESPN+ spokesperson, the UFC’s first year on ESPN+ featured more than 730 hours of programming, including 200 hours of live event coverage, as well more than 530 hours of original programs and on-demand content.
UFC 246 features a welterweight headliner between former dual-division champion Conor McGregor (21-4 MMA, 9-2 UFC) and fan-favorite Donald Cerrone (36-13 MMA, 23-10 UFC).
The latest UFC 246 lineup includes:
- Conor McGregor vs. Donald Cerrone
- Diego Ferreira vs. Anthony Pettis
- Claudia Gadelha vs. Alexa Grasso
- Holly Holm vs. Raquel Pennington
- Andre Fili vs. Sodiq Yusuff
- Maycee Barber vs. Roxanne Modafferi
- Drew Dober vs. Nasrat Haqparast
- Maurice Greene vs. Aleksei Oleinik
- Aleksa Camur vs. Justin Ledet
- Grant Dawson vs. Chas Skelly
- J.J. Aldrich vs. Sabina Mazo
- Askar Askarov vs. Tim Elliott
- Brian Kelleher vs. Ode Osbourne
UFC pay-per-view prices return to $64.99 beginning with 'UFC 246: Conor vs. Cowboy'
