After earning her master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Fordham University, Megan Olivi set her sights on covering MMA—and quickly made it happen. She began working with Fox Sports, co-hosting the UFC Preshow Fight Day and covering events. In 2013, after a stint as a social media reporter for Fox 6 News San Diego, she joined the UFC as a reporter and host. The rest, as they say, is history.

Six years on, the UFC signed a $1.5 billion broadcast deal with ESPN, and Olivi became a familiar sight cage-side, ESPN microphone in hand, interviewing fighters and analysts alike. Now, in 2025, with UFC President Dana White announcing that the promotion will leave ESPN for a new $7.7 billion U.S. broadcast deal with Paramount starting in 2026, Megan Olivi is closing this chapter of h

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