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Originally Posted by alnorth

ESPN and UFC just announced a massive change to how numbered PPV's work 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.

UFC announced plans that will send hoards of people over to reddit.