Dana White seems to have already backtracked on the idea that the UFC’s pay-per-view model is finished, just hours after it seemed like those days were over. The UFC president announced the promotion’s new broadcast deal with Paramount and CBS on Tuesday,

Hours after Paramount and UFC announced a billion-dollar rights deal, Dana White said he had yet to hear from his friend, President Donald Trump, on his thoughts about the fight company’s new

Skydance-owned Paramount will become the exclusive U.S. home of Ultimate Fighting Championship under a seven-year streaming deal valued at about $7.7 billion US, the first major strategic move by the newly merged media giant under new CEO David Ellison.