UFC

Extracted Attributes

• CEO

  Dana White (since 2023)

• Name

  Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)

• Type

  Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion company

• Founded

  1993

• Founders

  Art Davie, Rorion Gracie

• President

  Dana White (since 2001)

• Headquarters

  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Current Owner

  TKO Group Holdings (majority-owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings)

• Revenue (2015)

  US$609 million

• Governing Rules

  Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts

• Initial Purpose

  Identify the most effective martial art

• Weight Divisions

  11 (8 men's, 3 women's)

• Contracted Fighters

  Over 578

• Business Model Focus

  Pure Competition

• Number of Events (to date)

  Over 780 events

• Domestic Media Rights Agreement (ESPN)

  $1.5 billion over a five-year term

• Future Media Rights Agreement (Paramount Skydance Corporation)

  $7.7 billion over a 7-year term (starting 2026)

Timeline

• The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is founded by Art Davie and Rorion Gracie, holding its first event in Denver, Colorado. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  1993

• The UFC is sold by Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG) to brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta, who form Zuffa to operate the company. Dana White is appointed president. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2001

• UFC's parent company, Zuffa, is sold to a group led by Endeavor (then WME–IMG), including Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, and MSD Capital, for US$4.025 billion. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2016

• Endeavor acquires full ownership of Zuffa for $1.7 billion. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2021

• Endeavor Group Holdings announces that UFC will merge with WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, a new public company. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2023-04

• Dana White becomes CEO of UFC, in addition to his role as president. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023

• The merger of UFC and WWE to form TKO Group Holdings is completed, with Vince McMahon serving as executive chairman and Dana White remaining UFC president. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2023-09-12

• The UFC is set to sign a 7-year, US$7.7 billion deal with Paramount Skydance Corporation. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2025

• The new 7-year, US$7.7 billion media rights deal with Paramount Skydance Corporation begins, marking a shift away from the pay-per-view business model. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

  2026

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by TKO Group Holdings, a majority owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. The largest MMA promotion in the world, the UFC has over 578 fighters contracted that fight across 11 weight divisions (eight men's and three women's). The organization produces events worldwide and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2024, it had held over 700 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001 and CEO since 2023. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the UFC's early competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting disciplines. In subsequent events, more rigorous rules were created and fighters began adopting effective techniques from more than one discipline, which indirectly helped create a separate style of fighting known as present-day mixed martial arts. The UFC was initially owned by the Semaphore Entertainment Group (SEG) until it had financial issues and it was sold to the brothers Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta in 2001, who formed the company Zuffa to operate the UFC, and placed Dana White as the president of the company. In 2016, UFC's parent company, Zuffa, was sold to a group led by Endeavor, then known as William Morris Endeavor (WME–IMG), including Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital for US$4.025 billion. In 2021, Endeavor bought out Zuffa's other owners for $1.7 billion. With a TV deal and expansion in Australia, Asia, Europe, and new markets within the United States, the UFC has achieved greater mainstream media coverage. It earned US$609 million in 2015, and its next domestic media rights agreement with ESPN was valued at $1.5 billion over a five-year term. In April 2023, Endeavor Group Holdings announced that UFC would merge with the wrestling promotion WWE to form TKO Group Holdings, a new public company majority-owned by Endeavor, with Vince McMahon serving as an executive chairman of the new entity and White remaining as UFC president. The merger was completed on September 12, 2023. In January 2024, McMahon had ended his ties with the company amid a sex trafficking scandal. In 2025, the UFC would sign a 7-year, US$7.7 billion deal with Paramount Skydance Corporation (operators of CBS Sports and Paramount+) beginning the next year, exiting the pay-per-view business entirely.

Web Search Results

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• List of UFC events - Wikipedia

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