UFC Fight Night is a type of event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. These events are lower-tier than UFC PPV events, but they still feature great fights and fighters. UFC events are separated into nine different formats, and Fight Night events are currently airing on ESPN+ .
Each UFC event contains several fights, and traditionally, every event starts off with a preliminary card followed by a main card, with the last fight being known as the main event. Historically, the UFC has also aired preliminary fights prior to the main fight cards, either on television or online. Beginning in August 2013, the UFC began airing non-PPV events on either Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2.
ESPN linear networks will televise preliminary cards for UFC PPV events, and 10 UFC on ESPN Fight Night events per year. The subscription streaming service ESPN+ will broadcast 20 exclusive events per-year under the branding UFC on ESPN+ Fight Night; regardless of network, all Fight Night events will feature a full, 12-fight card, and their preliminaries will air exclusively on ESPN+ .
UFC Fight Pass is an American subscription video streaming service owned by the MMA promotion UFC. The UFC Fight Pass shows live UFC, MMA, submission grappling, kickboxing, boxing, and Thai boxing events plus a 24-hour linear streaming channel and on-demand programming from a library of over 20,000 fights from over 35 promotions.
In summary, UFC Fight Night is a type of event held by the UFC that features lower-profile fights compared to PPV events and is currently airing on ESPN+ .