Dana White says PPV is still on the table despite new TV deal with Paramount & CBS.
Despite the drastic decrease in price with the UFC's new deal shifting to Paramount+, Dana White is not closing the door on the pay-per-view model, saying "Anything is possible". And more!
Mixed Martial Arts
Khamzat Chimaev’s custom shorts for UFC 319 against UFC Middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis on August 16, 2025:
Belal Muhammad is backing Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319:
Michael ‘Venom’ Page is backing Khamzat Chimaev at UFC 319.
“I actually got the privilege of watching Khamzat train so I’ve seen his quality and I would definitely put my money that way but it’s just hard to bet against it.”
Georges St-Pierre shares his thoughts on fighters negotiating a bigger piece of the pie re: their pay, after the UFC negotiated their new TV deal with Paramount & CBS. GSP says if history tells them anything, it won’t change anything for fighters.
“It could be good for the UFC as a promoted. It might be a bad thing for the fighters in a way that they have less leverage. I think it’s going to take off some leverage for the big names to have an argument to negotiate more money.”
UFC Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall on a potential Jon Jones comeback.
“It’s just so boring. Don’t want to talk about it. It has spent zero seconds on my mind.”
Dana White says that one-off UFC PPV shows are still a possibility.
"Anything is possible. And you could do a one-off pay-per-view. I am going to be on pay-per-view this Saturday. Pay-Per-View is not dead"
UFC Lightweight champion Ilia Topuria is predicting a first round finish in a potential bout with Arman Tsarukyan.
“I am just going there, take him down and TKO him with my elbows. First round.”
Boxing
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Culture
Don Vultaggio, founder of AriZona Beverages, is strongly opposed to raising the 99 cent price of their iconic iced tea can, a price that has remained unchanged for decades, despite inflation. However 50% aluminum tariff imposed by the Trump administration threatens to increase production costs significantly, especially since AriZona uses over 100 million pounds of aluminum annually, with a fifth sourced from Canada. While Vultaggio hopes for a resolution, he acknowledges that continued tariffs may eventually force a price hike for consumers.
