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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-177480"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TKO"
cik: "0001973266"
company_name: "TKO Group Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T15:47:57.832390+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# TKO's UFC signs 7-year, $1.1B AAV media rights deal with Paramount

## Summary
- Seven-year U.S. media rights agreement with Paramount (PSKY) beginning 2026; AAV $1.1B.
- All UFC events (13 numbered, 30 Fight Nights) to stream exclusively on Paramount+, select events simulcast on CBS.
- UFC shifts away from PPV model; premium events included at no extra cost to Paramount+ subscribers.
- Payment schedule weighted toward back end; revenue recognition expected to be similar to other media rights contracts.
- Paramount may explore international UFC rights as they become available.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-177480
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TKO
- cik: 0001973266
- company_name: TKO Group Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1973266/000119312525177480/0001193125-25-177480-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1973266/000119312525177480/d432978d8k.htm

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