White's UFC recently signed a 7-year $7.7 billion media rights agreement with Paramount Skydance, averaging $1.1 billion per year. The deal is worth about double the UFC's previous agreement with ESPN.

It was a reversal of fortunes in Week 2 of Dana White's Contender Series, as the UFC signed all five victors to promotional contracts Tuesday night to begin their UFC careers. This included one fighter who, under any other circumstance, would have been eliminated from consideration due to missing weight.