For more than a decade, Megan Olivi was as much a part of fight night as the Octagon itself. From intense post-fight interviews to fighter walkouts she’d seen up close, her presence became part of the UFC’s broadcast DNA. But after missing UFC 315 in Montreal—stating her pregnancy and doctors’ orders not to fly—fans assumed it was just a temporary break. Turns out, it was the calm before chaos.
Olivi is walking away from the $24B UFC broadcast empire she helped define. Her climb to that stage was pure grind. With a master’s in broadcast journalism from Fordham, she paved her way into MMA media with Fox Sports, co-hosting the UFC Preshow Fight Day before taking on event coverage. By 2013, she was Octagon-side full-time, a presence in every big moment the sport produced. Now that the chap