ESPN Adds 15 More UFC Fights

ESPN is now the sole TV home to the UFC — minus those dozen or so yearly pay-per-views, that is. The self-proclaimed “Worldwide Leader in Sports” just added 15 more fights to its upcoming rights package, which now totals a whopping $1.5 billion — or $300 million over 5 years, a person with knowledge of the deal tells TheWrap. That annual amount dwarfs what Fox Sports had previously been paying, which averaged out to $116 million per year.