The first Ultimate Fighting Championship card on Paramount+ is set for Jan. 24, the company announced this week.
The new $7.7 billion, seven-year UFC-Paramount deal with TKO Group announced in August brings numbered UFC events and all UFC Fight Nights to the streaming service, with select UFC numbered events in 2026 airing live on CBS. The deal runs through 2033 and takes over from Disney-owned ESPN, whose deal with the UFC ends at the end of the year.
UFC 324 will be the first of 13 marquee numbered events next year, and will be headlined by former interim UFC lightweight champion Justin Gaethje, who will battle Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett. The co-main event has Kayla Harrison putting her UFC women’s bantamweight champion on the line against UFC Hall of Famer Amanda Nunes.
The event will take place at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and those subscribed to Paramount+ can watch UFC 324 live at no additional cost.
‘I am so excited for UFC fans that our first card has six current and former champions, including the long-awaited return of the greatest female fighter of all time – which is definitely the biggest women’s fight ever,’ UFC President and CEO Dana White said in a statement.
The main card of UFC 324 starts at 9 p.m. ET, the prelims begin at 7 p.m. ET, and the early prelims will kick off at 5 p.m. ET.