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McCann, who added Radomska should have been deducted a point for the kick, said she felt as though she was learning on the job after a long career in a different fighting discipline. “It didn’t hurt as much as sparring! “The girls punched my head in more than that. It was really learning on the job. “You know when you …

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, starring Dwayne Johnson as legendary mixed martial arts and UFC fighter Mark Kerr, delivered a knockout punch Monday at the Venice Film Festival. The A24 film had its world premiere Monday night inside Sala Grande and the audience went wild, responding with a 15-minute standing ovation. It proved to be a special night for Johnson …

TKO Group Holdings (TKO) is going for the belt with a $7.7 billion media rights deal with Paramount (PARA) to stream UFC events, combined with a recent WWE agreement with Disney’s (DIS) ESPN. The company’s stock surged 10% on Monday following the announcement. Its stock is up 26% in 2025 and 50% in the past year. Jefferies analyst Randal Konik …

Just how big of a surprise was the UFC’s bombshell $7.7 billion deal with Paramount and CBS? So big that even UFC CEO Dana White didn’t see it coming. “No, I didn’t think this is where we’d end up,” White said Monday during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” to discuss the new broadcast rights deal. “But this is …

Aug 11, 2025, 08:49 AM ET NEW YORK — Paramount will become the new home to all Ultimate Fighting Championship events in the U.S. under a seven-year agreement with TKO Group announced Monday. The deal has an average annual value of $1.1 billion, the companies said. Under the deal, Paramount will exclusively distribute the UFC’s full slate of its 13 …

TKO Group Holdings — parent company to UFC and WWE — are diving into the deep end when it comes to the sport of boxing. A joint venture funded by Saudi Arabia, with TKO executives such as Dana White and Nick Khan running the show, is expected to launch in early 2026, but the first real test for the partnership …

The WWE had long been expected to reap rewards for its lineup of 10 annual “premium live events” like Wrestlemania, but its $1.6 billion rights deal with ESPN unveiled Wednesday is drawing some extra attention on Wall Street. The agreement, whose financial terms were confirmed to Deadline by a source familiar with the details, succeeds a landmark pact with NBCUniversal’s …

Andreas HaleJul 12, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …