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.

"My big thing was, I believed that one day, we would be on a platform where the entire world could watch the fight at the same time, on the same channel, and we are definitely getting closer to my vision with that," White told CBS Sports HQ. "It's looking like we're going to do four big events a year [on CBS]. We're talking about doing a fight at the White House next year on the 4th of July, the 250th anniversary of America. Imagine a massive fight on the lawn of

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