It was the summer of 2011 when the UFC signed a new TV deal that company executives hailed as a groundbreaking move that would change the sport of MMA forever. After years of slugging it out on cable with Spike, the UFC was headed to network TV, thanks to a new deal with FOX. “This was it for me. This is what I always wanted,” UFC President Dana White said at a press conference announcing the deal that August.
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