Report: ESPN+ Subscription Price to Increase in August, UFC PPV Cost Stays Same

Disney To Hike Price For ESPN+ By A Dollar A Month In August; Bundle, UFC PPV Costs To Remain Unchanged https://t.co/dVi4ysUWj0

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) July 12, 2021

Access to UFC Fight Night cards is going to cost a little bit extra later this summer.

According to a report from Deadline, the subscription price for the ESPN+ streaming service will increase from $5.99 to $6.99 on Aug. 13. Additionally, the annual subscription rate for ESPN+ will increase from $59.99 to $69.99. As of now, UFC pay-per-views will remain the same cost at $69.99.

When ESPN+ launched in 2018, its price was $4.99 a month. That increased to $5.99 per month earlier this year as the service added more live sports to its offerings. Pay-per-views also increased from $64.99 per event to $69.99 at the beginning of 2020.

In its most recently quarterly earnings report, Disney revealed that ESPN+ had 13.8 million subscribers, per Deadline. The Las Vegas-based promotion accounts for a significant amount of content with pay-per-views, Fight Nights, Dana White’s Contender Series and “The Ultimate Fighter.”

The promotion’s next event comes Saturday with UFC on ESPN 26 at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas. The card is headlined by a lightweight clash pitting Islam Makhachev against Thiago Moises. The main card airs on ESPN and ESPN+ at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT following prelims on ESPN and ESPN+ at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT.