Reflecting OSN’s commitment to deliver exclusive entertainment for its subscribers, the new partnership ensures all UFC content including live events, pre and post-event shows, and The Ultimate Fighter reality series, available exclusively for OSN subscribers.

Andy Warkman, SVP, Sport & Sports Production, OSN, said: “We are very excited about bringing UFC back to OSN viewers and entering into this long term partnership. UFC has seen massive growth and we look forward to working with them and WME|IMG to build on that growth in our region. UFC will be one of our standout offerings in the new sports line up for 2017.

James Elliott, UFC Vice President, EMEA, added: “We are pleased to be partnering with OSN once again to bring even more exciting, new and localised content to viewers across the Middle East and Africa. UFC has previously held two very successful events in the UAE and witnessed first hand the passion of the fans across the region.”

Also in partnership with UFC, OSN is launching UFC FIGHT PASS within the region. This digital subscription service features the world’s largest combat sports library, including all past events, exclusive programming and access to UFC archives.

For OSN sports fans, 2017 means the chance to exclusively watch every live events across multiple devices, including UFC 208 in February and UFC 209 in March.