Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford will fight Sept. 13 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas under the TKO Boxing banner, promoted in part by UFC CEO Dana White. So it should come as little surprise that there will be crossover from typical UFC broadcasts to the boxing ring.

Neil Magny bounced back into the win column with an impressive stoppage of Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos at UFC on ESPN 71.

This $1.1 billion deal came less than two years after the UFC and WWE merged and formed one parent company named TKO. At this time, both promotions, one fighting and one professional wrestling, have seen massive increases in their broadcasting deals to make the conglomeration of companies even bigger.

CBS, the first broadcast network to broadcast a live MMA event, could begin showing live UFC events beginning in 2026 with the new media rights deal between UFC parent company TKO Group Holdings and Paramount. Among those potential CBS events is the proposed UFC card on the White House lawn, according to UFC CEO Dana White.

Paramount will become the new home to all UFC events in the U.S., while UFC's CEO says the White House may host a July 4 event broadcast on CBS.

As part of the new seven-year, $7.7 billion deal with Paramount, which also brings about the end of the pay-per-view model for UFC events, it was announced