The UFC's
mixed martial arts (MMA) events are separated into nine different formats: • "Numbered" events, currently airing on
Paramount+ and formerly aired on
pay-per-view, with some exceptions. • "Fight Night" events, currently airing on
Paramount+ and formerly aired on
Spike,
Fox Sports 1,
Fox Sports 2,
UFC Fight Pass or
ESPN+. • "The Ultimate Fighter Finale" events, formerly aired on Spike,
FX, Fox Sports 1, UFC Fight Pass or ESPN+. • "UFC Live" events, formerly aired on
Versus • "
UFC on Fox" events, formerly aired on
Fox • "UFC on FX" events, formerly aired on
FX • "UFC on Fuel TV" events, formerly aired on
Fuel TV • "UFC on ESPN" events, formerly aired on
ESPN or
ESPN2 • "UFC on ABC" events, formerly aired on
ABC Most of the "numbered" events have taken place on pay-per-view, though there have been a few exceptions for reasons such as
tape-delay. Events such as
UFC 72, which took place in
Belfast,
Northern Ireland, were sold on pay-per-view, but due to tape-delay, purchase rates were not as high as events that aired at a traditional starting time. As such, events taking part in significantly different time zones, including
UFC 70,
UFC 75,
UFC 89,
UFC 95,
UFC 105,
UFC 120,
UFC 122, and
UFC 138, were given a same-night airing in U.S.
prime time on Spike. Historically, the UFC has also aired preliminary fights prior to the main fight cards, either on television via Spike, FX, and Fuel TV, or online via
Facebook and
YouTube. Beginning in August 2013, starting with
UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen, the UFC began airing non-PPV events on either
Fox Sports 1 or
Fox Sports 2. In January 2014, as part of the organization's global expansion, the UFC began airing various international events exclusively on their subscription-based digital network, UFC Fight Pass. In July 2009, the UFC held its unofficial 100th "numbered event"; however, officially, despite being called UFC 100, it was actually the 101st numbered event (not to mention the 133rd event overall). The UFC signed a deal with
Fox Sports Net, after Fox agreed to broadcast one fight in June 2002, during its "All-Star Summer" that month. UFC 37 and 38 had already been scheduled and promoted, but as UFC 38 was the promotion's debut in the United Kingdom, they created UFC 37.5; an event that featured the first ever mixed martial arts fight available on cable television. It was stated ahead of the Tuesday Night Contender Series' license being approved that “this is not the UFC, this is not the UFC brand,” but instead a promotion that will allow up and coming fighters the chance to showcase their talents in hopes that one day they may compete in the UFC. In June 2025, the UFC launched
UFC Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (UFC BJJ), a sister
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu organization. Unlike standard UFC events which feature MMA fights held inside the
octagon cage,
UFC BJJ events feature
submission grappling matches inside an octagonal "bowl". ==Scheduled events==