The UFC is set to move from ESPN+ to Paramount+ after a new $7.7 billion deal, but fans want that to happen as soon as possible. Why? Not only does the new deal eliminate the PPV model, but viewers have also grown tired of the excessive number of commercials and advertisements that run during UFC PPVs. As such, Dana White has been requested to make certain changes when it comes to these commercials.
Popular combat sports journalist Damon Martin mentioned having to go through the same advertisements while watching UFC 319 on ESPN+. If advertisements don’t get removed, he has requested Dana White to add some variety to them. ” I have one request under this new Paramount+ deal with UFC …. Can you PLEASE play more than 2 commercials during a 5 or 6 hour broadcast? I swear I see the same commercials over and over and over again. It’s like Groundhog Day from hell,” Martin wrote on X.
If I have one request under this new Paramount+ deal with UFC ….
Can you PLEASE play more than 2 commercials during a 5 or 6 hour broadcast? I swear I see the same commercials over and over and over again. It’s like Groundhog Day from hell #UFC319
— Damon Martin (@DamonMartin) August 16, 2025
Meanwhile, fans had other suggestions, with one of them claiming that they’d love to watch fighters’ walkouts instead of commercials when there’s a break during PPVs. “Better yet, let us watch all the walkouts like we used to and do away with commercials!” On the other hand, some fans want to witness what’s happening inside the arena rather than watching commercials. “Better yet, at the very least play the crowd noise or something not a commercial break screen,” that fan added.
Well, what do you make of this request to Dana White and Co.? Drop your comments below.
(This is a developing story)
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